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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  wall 
  of 
  tbe 
  kiln, 
  lead 
  tlie 
  fire 
  into 
  tlie 
  upper 
  portions 
  first, 
  whence 
  

   it 
  passes 
  downward 
  tlirougli 
  the 
  kiln 
  and 
  ofi 
  through 
  a 
  large 
  flue 
  

   at 
  the 
  bottom. 
  Water-smoking 
  takes 
  10 
  days 
  and 
  burning 
  8 
  days, 
  

   the 
  whole 
  time 
  for 
  burning, 
  water-smoking 
  and 
  cooling 
  taking 
  

   about 
  three 
  weeks. 
  The 
  molded 
  bricks 
  are 
  set 
  directly 
  in 
  the 
  kiln 
  

   on 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  machine. 
  

  

  Oswego 
  Falls. 
  W. 
  D. 
  Edgarton. 
  The 
  brick 
  yard 
  is 
  situated 
  

   on 
  the 
  Syracuse 
  and 
  Oswego 
  railroad, 
  11 
  miles 
  from 
  Oswego. 
  The 
  

   clay 
  varies 
  from 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  feet 
  in 
  thickness 
  and 
  is 
  yellow. 
  It 
  is 
  under- 
  

   lain 
  by 
  gravel. 
  A 
  few 
  inches 
  of 
  soil 
  has 
  tO' 
  be 
  stripped. 
  The 
  

   lower 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  clay 
  make 
  the 
  better 
  brick. 
  Soft 
  mud 
  ma- 
  

   chines 
  are 
  used 
  and 
  both 
  common 
  and 
  repressed 
  brick 
  are 
  made. 
  

  

  Weedsport, 
  Cayuga 
  co. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  brick 
  yard 
  at 
  this 
  locality 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  Mrs 
  C. 
  S. 
  Gilette, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  operation. 
  

  

  Auburn, 
  Cayuga 
  co. 
  John 
  Harvey's 
  brick 
  yard 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  

   the 
  outskirts 
  of 
  the 
  town. 
  

  

  Owasco, 
  Cayuga 
  co. 
  A. 
  Lester 
  has 
  a 
  bYick 
  and 
  tile 
  yard 
  near 
  

   the 
  village. 
  It 
  is 
  described 
  under 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  drain 
  tile. 
  

  

  Seneca 
  Falls, 
  Seneca 
  co. 
  There 
  is 
  only 
  one 
  brick 
  yard 
  at 
  this 
  

   locality, 
  that 
  of 
  F. 
  Siegfried. 
  His 
  clay 
  bed 
  is 
  about 
  12 
  feet 
  thick, 
  

   the 
  upper 
  7 
  feet 
  being 
  used 
  for 
  brick 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  5 
  feet 
  for 
  

   tile. 
  Gravel 
  underlies 
  the 
  clay 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  covering 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  

   inches 
  of 
  soil. 
  The 
  machinery 
  is 
  run 
  by 
  horse 
  power 
  and 
  the 
  

   product 
  is 
  sold 
  locally. 
  

  

  Geneva, 
  Cayuga 
  co. 
  Five 
  firms 
  manufacture 
  brick 
  in 
  this 
  lo- 
  

   cality. 
  They 
  are 
  W. 
  Gr. 
  Dove, 
  C. 
  Bennett, 
  Goodwin 
  & 
  Delamater, 
  

   Mrs 
  Baldwin, 
  and 
  the 
  Torrey 
  park 
  land 
  co. 
  The 
  last-mentioned 
  

   company 
  began 
  operations 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1892; 
  its 
  brickyard 
  is 
  

   some 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  town. 
  

  

  Lyons, 
  Wayne 
  co. 
  The 
  clay 
  bed 
  of 
  F. 
  Borck 
  is 
  about 
  8 
  feet 
  

   deep. 
  The 
  upper 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  deposit 
  is 
  yellow, 
  the 
  rest 
  is 
  blue. 
  

   Quicksand 
  underlies 
  the 
  latter. 
  Soft 
  mud 
  machines 
  are 
  used 
  to 
  

   mold 
  the 
  brick. 
  

  

  