Rooftile and Brickworks Museum N. & S. Tsalapatas

The Guide is a basic companion towards understanding the production stages presented at the Rooftile and Brickworks Museum N. & S. Tsalapatas in Volos (Thessaly). The detailed recording of this process and the accompanying photographs offer the visitor the possibility to easily explore the museum’s premises and acquire a clear impression of the individual phases in brick and tile manufacturing, as well as of its evolution through time. More specifically, the Guide describes the transportation of clay earth with the Decauville steam engine, its processing in the grinding mills and clay silos, the material's pulping, the products’ final moulding (roof tiles and bricks), as well as the drying process and firing of the end products in the Hoffmann kiln. The factory’s original mechanical equipment, part of which remains intact, has been restored and returned to working order, so that museum visits take place in an unadulterated industrial environment.