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[Bill Hollinger]

Paul, I'm only giving you a bad time because that "brick" brought a huge smile to my face. I was going to answer with "I thought it was a brick from one of their kilns. That was good!

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[PBI]

Do any of you diehard collectors want to know it's history? I know it's a brick but if it could only talk I'd listen!

[Wulf]

I'd like to know it's history and how you acquired it, but I'm not a diehard collector.

[stickhauler]

Well, if you really have a brick from the Inland plant that made most of the carbines, you have a brick steeped in history, that building was the former home of the Wright Brothers Aircraft factory.

[PBI]

The brick came out of the Inland building that houses the boiler room for the plant. It did not come from buildings 1 thru 5 that were the Wrights brothers original buildings. The boiler was replaced in 1938 and still remains there today or did when I toured the plant in 2007. I displayed at the OGCA show and was given a tour of the plant while it was winding down as a Delphi plant and preparing to close. The building which houses the boiler is on the first floor and on the second floor was the target range for the M1 Carbine, which the range part was built on stilts and ran out to the foundry building for the plant. What is neat is that the boiler still has the tags on it that states the year it was installed and put into service (1938). The Inland parts of the plant are to be demolished but the Wright Brothers buildings will remain because they are on the historical register. I hate that the buildings will be destroyed because of the history but it seems that it only holds history for me and other collectors. An Inland plant employee who worked there for years in the boiler room where the brick was removed from gave it to me.

[PBI]

Attachment 15008 This is the entrace to the building that housed the boiler room and on the second floor the target range.

[frankderrico]

Looks like enough bricks for all of us.....Frank