Continental Clay Brick Plant
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The Continental Clay Brick Plant in Martinsburg, West Virginia
includes a number of beehive brick kilns. Originally coal-fired, then converted to natural gas
, the kilns are now largely disused, except for a few used to dry sand.
Martinsburg, West Virginia
Martinsburg is a city in the Eastern Panhandle region of West Virginia, United States. The city's population was 14,972 at the 2000 census; according to a 2009 Census Bureau estimate, Martinsburg's population was 17,117, making it the largest city in the Eastern Panhandle and the eighth largest...
includes a number of beehive brick kilns. Originally coal-fired, then converted to natural gas
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
, the kilns are now largely disused, except for a few used to dry sand.