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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Stormhing, 
  Dutchess 
  co. 
  About 
  1000 
  feet 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  station 
  

   is 
  a 
  clay 
  deposit, 
  chiefly 
  yellow. 
  It 
  is 
  worked 
  by 
  Mosher 
  Bros. 
  

   The 
  bank 
  has 
  slid 
  considerably; 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  vertical 
  hight 
  of 
  50 
  to 
  60 
  

   feet. 
  

  

  Cornwall 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  Orange 
  co. 
  C. 
  A. 
  & 
  A. 
  P. 
  Hedges 
  are 
  

   th.e 
  only 
  brick 
  manufacturers 
  here. 
  Their 
  yard 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  

   West 
  Shore 
  railroad 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  north 
  of 
  Cornwall 
  station. 
  They 
  

   have 
  27 
  acres 
  of 
  clay 
  land. 
  Blue 
  and 
  yellow 
  clay 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   bank, 
  the 
  main 
  portion 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  covered 
  by 
  delta 
  deposits 
  of 
  

   Moodna 
  river. 
  The 
  clay 
  layers 
  are 
  much 
  compressed 
  in 
  places, 
  

   making 
  it 
  diflicult 
  to 
  excavate 
  and 
  necessitating 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  picks. 
  

   The 
  bank 
  is 
  worked 
  in 
  benches 
  and 
  the 
  clay 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  hauled 
  about 
  

   300 
  feet 
  to 
  the 
  machines. 
  The 
  stripped 
  sand 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  tem- 
  

   pering. 
  Many 
  bricks 
  are 
  shipped 
  to 
  points 
  on 
  the 
  E^ew 
  York, 
  On- 
  

   tario 
  and 
  Western 
  railroad. 
  

  

  New 
  Windsor, 
  Orange 
  co. 
  There 
  are 
  six 
  yards 
  here. 
  They 
  

   obtain 
  their 
  clay 
  from 
  the 
  escarpment 
  of 
  a 
  terrace 
  110 
  feet 
  high. 
  

   Their 
  clay 
  is 
  both 
  blue 
  and 
  yellow. 
  Streaks 
  of 
  quicksand 
  occur 
  

   in 
  the 
  blue. 
  The 
  yellow 
  is 
  dry 
  and 
  tough, 
  and 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  worked 
  

   by 
  undermining. 
  In 
  thickness 
  the 
  clay 
  varies 
  from 
  20 
  to 
  60 
  feet; 
  

   the 
  layers 
  are 
  in 
  many 
  places 
  contorted, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  the 
  

   stratification 
  has 
  been 
  obliterated. 
  Overlying 
  the 
  clay 
  are 
  gravel 
  

   and 
  sand; 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  tempering. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  ISTew 
  

   Windsor 
  clay 
  permits 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  very 
  little 
  water 
  in 
  tempering. 
  

   Ring 
  pits 
  and 
  Adams 
  machines 
  are 
  used 
  at 
  these 
  yards. 
  The 
  yards 
  

   are 
  all 
  situated 
  along 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  ship 
  their 
  product 
  on 
  barges 
  

   or 
  by 
  the 
  West 
  Shore 
  railroad. 
  

  

  Dutchess 
  Junction, 
  Dutchess 
  co. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  brick 
  man- 
  

   ufacturing 
  firms 
  having 
  yards 
  along 
  the 
  river 
  south 
  of 
  Dutchess 
  

   Junction. 
  They 
  obtain 
  their 
  clay 
  from 
  the 
  escarpment 
  of 
  an 
  

   80 
  foot 
  terrace 
  which 
  extends 
  from 
  a 
  short 
  distanx2e 
  north 
  of 
  

   Stormking 
  to 
  Dutchess 
  Junction. 
  The 
  clay 
  has 
  a 
  fairly 
  uni- 
  

   form 
  thickness; 
  the 
  upper 
  4 
  to 
  8 
  feet 
  are 
  yellow, 
  the 
  rest 
  blue. 
  

   The 
  greatest 
  thickness 
  of 
  clay 
  known 
  for 
  this 
  locality 
  is 
  at 
  Aldridge 
  

  

  