A brickworks also known as a brick factory,'s a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale. Usually a brickworks's located on a clay bedrock (the most common material from which bricks are made) often with a quarry for clay on site. Equipment Most brickworks have some or all of the following: A kiln, for firing, or 'burning' the bricks. Drying yard or shed, for drying bricks before firing. A building or buildings for manufacturing the bricks. A quarry for clay. A pugmill or… (More on Brickworks)