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Harvey Desgrosseilliers


In this interview, Harvey Desgrosseilliers shares his experience growing up and how it led him to work in a brickyard. He discusses his time in the military and how he started working at his first brickyard in Auburn at the age of 15. After sharing his love of the brick working business, he gives examples of what his duties on site were including making, repairing, and transporting bricks. He gives a brief history of the background and materials of bricks linking back to ancient times and opens up about some of the workers he once worked with in the business.