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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Cohoes, 
  Albany 
  co. 
  J. 
  E. 
  Murray. 
  Yard 
  situated 
  between 
  

   Crescent 
  and 
  Coboes, 
  on 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  Erie 
  canal. 
  Tbe 
  clay 
  is 
  cbiefly 
  

   blue, 
  tbe 
  upper 
  few 
  feet 
  being 
  yellow. 
  It 
  rises 
  in 
  a 
  bank 
  to 
  50 
  feet 
  

   in 
  bigbt. 
  It 
  is 
  underlain 
  by 
  rock 
  and 
  tbere 
  is 
  a 
  sligbt 
  covering 
  of 
  

   loam. 
  Tbe 
  bricks 
  are 
  molded 
  by 
  steam 
  power 
  macbines, 
  and 
  dried 
  

   in 
  tbe 
  sun. 
  Tbe 
  product 
  is 
  sold 
  in 
  Coboes 
  and 
  vicinity. 
  J. 
  E. 
  

   Murray 
  also 
  operates 
  tbe 
  brick 
  yard 
  formerly 
  belonging 
  to 
  

   N. 
  Gardonas. 
  

  

  J. 
  Baeby. 
  Tbe 
  clay 
  bank 
  is 
  about 
  40 
  feet 
  bigb, 
  400 
  feet 
  long 
  

   and 
  about 
  250 
  feet 
  from 
  tbe 
  yard. 
  Mr 
  Baeby 
  bas 
  about 
  40 
  acres 
  

   of 
  clay 
  land. 
  Tbe 
  clay 
  is 
  yellow 
  on 
  top 
  and 
  blue 
  beneatb. 
  It 
  is 
  

   covered 
  by 
  about 
  4 
  incbes 
  of 
  soil 
  and 
  underlain 
  by 
  gravel. 
  One 
  

   yard 
  is 
  operated 
  by 
  borse, 
  tbe 
  otber 
  by 
  steam 
  power. 
  

  

  Lansinghurg 
  , 
  Rensselaer 
  co. 
  T. 
  E. 
  Morrisey 
  bas 
  a 
  borse 
  power 
  

   yard 
  situated 
  along 
  tbe 
  old 
  turnpike 
  near 
  tbe 
  railroad. 
  Tbe 
  clay 
  

   bank 
  is 
  75 
  feet 
  bigb, 
  tbere 
  being 
  about 
  six 
  acres 
  of 
  clay 
  land. 
  Tbe 
  

   upper 
  tbird 
  of 
  tbe 
  bank 
  is 
  red, 
  tbe 
  lower 
  two 
  tbirds 
  blue. 
  About 
  30 
  

   feet 
  of 
  sand 
  underlies 
  tbe 
  clay. 
  

  

  Crescent, 
  Saratoga 
  co. 
  E'ewton 
  Bros, 
  bave 
  a 
  bank 
  of 
  clay 
  30 
  

   feet 
  tbick, 
  tbe 
  upper 
  6 
  feet 
  being 
  gray, 
  tbe 
  rest 
  blue. 
  Tbere 
  is 
  

   a 
  stripping 
  of 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  feet 
  of 
  sand, 
  wbicb 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  tempering. 
  

   Tbe 
  blue 
  and 
  yellow 
  clay, 
  togetber 
  witb 
  a 
  certain 
  portion 
  of 
  sand, 
  

   are 
  tempered 
  in 
  tbe 
  pug 
  mill. 
  Tbe 
  bricks 
  are 
  molded 
  on 
  a 
  Martin 
  

   soft 
  mud 
  macbine 
  and 
  dried 
  on 
  pallets 
  for 
  about 
  five 
  days. 
  Burn- 
  

   ing 
  is 
  done 
  in 
  scove-kilns; 
  tbe 
  product 
  is 
  loaded 
  on 
  tbe 
  Erie 
  canal 
  

   boats 
  at 
  tbe 
  yard. 
  

  

  MechanicviUe 
  brick 
  co., 
  Saratoga 
  co. 
  Tbe 
  brick 
  yard 
  is 
  situ- 
  

   ated 
  on 
  tbe 
  Cbamplain 
  canal 
  in 
  tbe 
  town 
  of 
  Half 
  Moon, 
  about 
  a 
  

   mile 
  soutb 
  of 
  Mecbanicville. 
  Tbe 
  clay 
  bank 
  is 
  50 
  feet 
  bigb. 
  

   Tbe 
  upper 
  10 
  feet 
  is 
  yellow 
  and 
  under 
  tbis 
  is 
  blue 
  clay; 
  tbe 
  latter 
  

   is 
  underlain 
  by 
  sand. 
  Tbe 
  bank 
  adjoins 
  tbe 
  yard 
  and 
  is 
  worked 
  

   in 
  bencbes; 
  tbe 
  clay 
  is 
  bauled 
  in 
  carts 
  to 
  tbe 
  ring 
  pits. 
  Soft 
  mud 
  

   macbines 
  are 
  used, 
  tbe 
  brick 
  are 
  dried 
  on 
  pallets 
  and 
  burned 
  in 
  

   clamps. 
  

  

  