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2 miles in width, extending east and west across Genesee co., 

 a few miles north of its southern boundary. The clay is usually 

 covered with a thin layer of clayey loam. Mr Peck has about 

 50 acres of clay of sufficient quality for making bricks and tile. 

 It averages about 4 feet in thickness. The upper portion when 

 dry is nearly white, but becomes blue with the depth, and below 

 4 feet is very much so. It is also tough, coming up in hard 

 flakes of a stony nature. Below this it passes into the shale, hard 

 enough to resist the pick but crumbling on exposure. The last- 

 mentioned rock is said to contain calcareous layers, varying in 

 thickness from 1 to 6 inches. About 250,000 feet of drain-tile 

 is annually made for local use. The clay burns to a nice red in 

 the drain tile, deepening to brown when burned harder. The 

 machinery is run by steam power. 



Owasco, Cayuga co. A. Lester's clay bank and brick yard are 

 located in the north end of Owasco village on the bank of Owasco 

 creek. The clay deposit has an area of about 9 acres and is from 

 10 to 15 feet in thickness. Gravel overlies the clay in places. 

 Soak pits are used for tempering, and a Penfield plunger machine 

 for molding. The tiles are dried in an open shed and burnt in 

 soove-kilns. Drain tile is the chief production but a few bricks 

 are made. The color of the product is white. 



Other manufacturers of drain tile, whose works have been al- 

 ready mentioned in the detailed account of brick yards, are: 



William Davenport, Fonda 



C. Stephens, South Bay 



Rochester brick and tile manufacturing co., Rochester 



A. Mosell, Lockport 

 James Sigler, Clarkson 



J. E. Mecusker.& Son, Jamestown 



B. G. Abbey, AUenshill 

 J. B. Lowe, Bigflats 



P. Hayne, Goshen "^ 



Clark & Sons, Union Springs 



