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brickworks
An industrial facility manufacturing bricks, cinder blocks, or similar masonry units by processes appropriate to their materials.
A brickworks is an industrial facility where bricks, cinder blocks, or similar masonry units are manufactured.
The manufacturing process depends on the masonry material. Clay bricks are formed, dried, and fired; concrete masonry units harden through cement hydration and curing.
The common output is a masonry unit for construction. Storage or sale of completed bricks and blocks is separate from their industrial manufacture.
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