Hultsfreds kommun
Herrstorpet’s brick factory
Herrstorpet’s brick kiln was built in 1860. The kiln was filled with newly manufactured brick tiles and bricks, which became solid by firing in the openings on the sides. The furnace was fired with wood up to 900 degrees. The process took 2-3 days, sometimes more. The work was hard, hot, dirty and it was stressful for those who worked with it because it was important that the furnace never went out. This type of brick kiln is called periodic, and was common until the 1860s and 70s, when they switched to another type of kiln, the ring kiln.
