UI.AYS OF NEW YOKK 7G5 



EOOEING TILE 



Comparatively few roofing tile are made in 'New York state, 

 nevertheless most of the product is of superior quality, and bears 

 a national reputation. 



Alfred center^ Neiv Yorh. The works of the Celadon terra 

 cotta CO. are established at this point 2 miles from Alfred Station. 

 The material used is a Chemung shale which is quarried along the 

 highway, about 1 mile from the works. The quarry is located 

 in a spur of the hill, and a practically inexhaustible supply of 

 material is in sight. 



The roofing tile manufactured at this factory are of the inter- 

 locking type, and are made in a number of different shapes. The 

 color of the product is usually a rich shade of red; the body is 

 vitrified. The works of this company began active operations 

 about 1890; and since that time they have been gradually enlarging. 



The clay as it comes from the bank is first thoroughly crushed, 

 in the dry pan, and passes from there to the pug mill, where it is 

 perfectly mixed with water, producing a homogeneous, well tem- 

 pered mass. This tempered clay is charged into an auger machine ; 

 and the bar of clay as it issues from the die is cut up into a num- 

 ber of slabs. The slabs are put into the tile-pressing machine, 

 where they are repressed in the form of roofing tile. The green 

 tile are loaded on the cars and run to the drying tunnel, after leav- 

 ing which they are set up in a kiln and burned. In placing them 

 in the kiln, they are set on edge, and protected from pressure by 

 means of fire brick slabs. The company has six kilns. 



These tile weigh from 750 to 1300 or 1500 pounds a square, the 

 amount of tile required to cover a space 30 feet square, including 

 overlaps. 



The product of this factory is to be seen on a number of build- 

 ings in various states, but, as examples of their work in ISTew York 

 state may be mentioned the episcopal church at Ithaca, the high 

 school at Tarrytown, the Erie railroad depot at Jamestown, and the 

 Dairy building, Cornell university. 



