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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Production 
  of 
  common 
  building 
  brick 
  (concluded) 
  

  

  COUNTY 
  

  

  190 
  

  

  J 
  

  

  1908 
  

  

  

  Number 
  

  

  Value 
  

  

  Number 
  

  

  Value 
  

  

  Rockland 
  

  

  St 
  Lawrence 
  

  

  Saratoga 
  

  

  Steuben 
  

  

  Suffolk 
  

  

  232 
  018 
  000 
  

  

  800 
  000 
  

  

  50 
  798 
  000 
  

  

  3 
  287 
  000 
  

  

  20 
  130 
  000 
  

  

  1 
  100 
  000 
  

   260 
  404 
  000 
  

  

  5 
  020 
  000 
  

  

  2 
  750 
  000 
  

  

  59 
  307 
  000 
  

   II 
  370 
  000 
  

  

  $1 
  258 
  467 
  

  

  6 
  000 
  

  

  254 
  385 
  

  

  29 
  818 
  

  

  124 
  610 
  

  

  7 
  100 
  

   I 
  322 
  476 
  

  

  25 
  000 
  

   14 
  300 
  

  

  323 
  553 
  

   70 
  169 
  

  

  173 
  926 
  094 
  

   a 
  

  

  51 
  034 
  000 
  

   2 
  651 
  890 
  

  

  20 
  108 
  150 
  

  

  a 
  

  

  179 
  165 
  560 
  

  

  a 
  

  

  a 
  

  

  39 
  801 
  577 
  

   9 
  452 
  400 
  

  

  $800 
  603 
  

   a 
  

  

  243 
  728 
  

   21 
  870 
  

  

  122 
  430 
  

   a 
  

  

  816 
  947 
  

  

  a 
  

  

  a 
  

  

  184 
  774 
  

   52 
  639 
  

  

  Tompkins 
  

  

  Ulster 
  

  

  Warren 
  

  

  Washington 
  

  

  Westchester 
  

  

  Other 
  counties 
  6. 
  . 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  I 
  35^ 
  591 
  000 
  

  

  $7 
  201 
  525 
  

  

  I 
  056 
  769 
  283 
  

  

  $5 
  064 
  194 
  

  

  a 
  Included 
  under 
  "Other 
  counties." 
  

  

  & 
  Includes 
  in 
  1907 
  Genesee, 
  Herkimer, 
  Livingston, 
  Montgomery, 
  New 
  York, 
  Queens, 
  

   St 
  Lawrence 
  and 
  Wayne. 
  In 
  1908 
  the 
  following 
  counties 
  are 
  included: 
  Allegany, 
  

   Broome, 
  Fulton, 
  Herkimer, 
  Montgomery, 
  St 
  Lawrence, 
  Schenectady, 
  Tioga, 
  Tompkins, 
  

   Warren 
  and 
  Washington. 
  

  

  Hudson 
  river 
  region. 
  The 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  brick 
  production 
  

   of 
  the 
  State 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  valley, 
  in 
  the 
  stretch 
  from 
  

   Rensselaer 
  and 
  Albany 
  counties 
  southward 
  to 
  Westchester 
  county. 
  

   There 
  is 
  probably 
  no 
  other 
  region 
  in 
  the 
  whole 
  country 
  that 
  com- 
  

   pares 
  with 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  brick 
  plants 
  and 
  annual 
  output. 
  

   Practically 
  the 
  entire 
  product 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  common 
  grade 
  of 
  

   building 
  brick 
  and 
  is 
  marketed 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  city 
  and 
  vicinity. 
  With 
  

   its 
  facilities 
  for 
  cheap 
  water 
  transportation 
  the 
  industry 
  of 
  this 
  

   section 
  has 
  little 
  competition 
  from 
  other 
  centers 
  of 
  brick 
  manu- 
  

   facture 
  that 
  ship 
  by 
  railroad. 
  

  

  The 
  brick 
  clays 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  terraced 
  deposits 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  river, 
  reaching 
  from 
  water 
  level 
  to 
  a 
  hight 
  of 
  300 
  feet 
  or 
  more 
  

   in 
  places. 
  They 
  are 
  interbedded 
  with, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  covered 
  by, 
  

   layers 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel. 
  Their 
  thickness 
  may 
  exceed 
  100 
  feet, 
  

   though 
  usually 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  less. 
  Some 
  clay 
  is 
  obtained 
  by 
  dredging 
  

   from 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  such 
  operations 
  being 
  conducted 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  Haverstraw. 
  The 
  Hudson 
  river 
  clays 
  are 
  generally 
  of 
  

   marly 
  character, 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  from 
  3 
  to 
  6 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  lime 
  

   carbonate. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  nine 
  counties 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  region, 
  there 
  are 
  more 
  than 
  

   125 
  brickyards 
  with 
  a 
  combined 
  capacity 
  of 
  about 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  

  

  