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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF SOUTH BEND AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTY <br />Phone: 574/235.9371 Fax: 574/235.9021 Email: hpcsbsjc@southbendin.gov <br /> <br /> <br />SALVAGE: <br />Bricks <br />500 pallets of bricks were cleaned and stacked. Each pallet <br />had 600 bricks for a total of 300,000. Bricks were sold to a <br />regional brick yard specializing int historic salvaged bricks. <br />Each pallet weighed roughly 1.38 tons (2750 pounds) for a <br />total weight of 687.5 tons of reclaimed brick. <br />Iron & Other Metals <br />174 tons of iron was recycled. 2.4 tons (4,790 pounds) of <br />aluminum was recycled. <br />Broken Brick, Stone and Concrete <br />3240.21 tons of broken brick, limestone, concrete and other stone debris were taken to C & E Excavating for recy- <br />cling in South Bend. This will be crushed and reused as road material. <br />Trash <br />435.54 tons of trash from in the building, wood, glass and other debris was hauled to the landfill. <br />Breakdown <br /> <br /> <br />OTHER DISCOVERIES: <br />Bricks <br />The majority of the bricks <br />were stamped with a makers <br />mark. This mark has been <br />found on bricks of several <br />other buildings from the same <br />time period in South Bend. <br />The exact brick yard has yet to be identified. (Fig. 12) <br />Other Materials <br />The original cornerstone was discovered during demoli- <br />tion. It had been covered in 1952 by the new storefront <br />addition facing Lincoln Way West. The day of uncover- <br />ing marked the first time in 70 years it saw the daylight. <br />Thank you to Jackson Demolition for donating this <br />piece of South Bend’s history to the Historic Preserva- <br />tion Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County. <br />(Figs. 13, 16 & 17) <br />Bricks <br />Iron & <br />Other Metals <br />Broken Brick, <br />Stone, Concrete Trash <br /> <br />Total <br />687.5 176.4 3,240.21 435.54 Tons 4,539.65 <br />15.1% 4% 71.4% 9.5% Percentage 100% <br />Fig. 11 <br />Fig. 12 <br />Fig. 13