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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Maplewood, 
  Monroe 
  co. 
  Eobert 
  Gay's 
  yard 
  lies 
  along 
  the 
  ISTew 
  

   York 
  Central 
  railroad. 
  His 
  clay 
  is 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  just 
  de- 
  

   scribedj 
  but 
  somewbat 
  lighter 
  colored. 
  It 
  is 
  underlain 
  by 
  quid- 
  

   sand. 
  This 
  clay 
  is 
  used 
  at 
  Rochester 
  to 
  mix 
  with 
  Jersey 
  fire 
  clay 
  

   in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  sewer 
  pipe. 
  

  

  Clarhson, 
  Monroe 
  co. 
  M. 
  Parker's 
  brick 
  plant 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  ridge 
  road, 
  at 
  Clarkson, 
  one 
  mile 
  north 
  of 
  Brock- 
  

   port. 
  The 
  clay 
  is 
  a 
  shallow, 
  loamy 
  deposit, 
  and 
  is 
  owned 
  by 
  

   J. 
  Sigler. 
  The 
  yard 
  is 
  an 
  open 
  one 
  and 
  both 
  brick 
  and 
  drain 
  tile 
  

   are 
  made. 
  The 
  molding 
  sand 
  is 
  obtained 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  depot 
  at 
  

   Brockport. 
  Product 
  consumed 
  locally. 
  

  

  Albion, 
  Orleans 
  co. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  yard 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  north 
  

   of 
  the 
  town 
  but 
  nothing 
  is 
  known 
  concerning 
  it. 
  

  

  Lockport. 
  The 
  Lockport 
  brick 
  co.'s 
  yard 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  northeast 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  town. 
  The 
  upper 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  clay 
  is 
  being 
  used. 
  It 
  

   is 
  red 
  in 
  color, 
  due 
  to 
  weathering. 
  The 
  clay 
  is 
  molded 
  as 
  taken 
  

   from 
  the 
  bank, 
  the 
  bricks 
  are 
  dried 
  on 
  pallets 
  and 
  burnt 
  in 
  scover- 
  

   kilns. 
  Product 
  used 
  locally. 
  

  

  La 
  Salle, 
  ISTiagara 
  co. 
  Tompkins 
  & 
  Smith 
  run 
  a 
  small 
  yard 
  at 
  

   this 
  locality. 
  Clay 
  is 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  at 
  Tonawanda. 
  It 
  is 
  

   underlain 
  by 
  hardpan. 
  Kolls 
  are 
  used 
  to 
  crush 
  the 
  lime 
  pebbles 
  in 
  

   the 
  clay 
  before 
  molding 
  it. 
  The 
  product 
  is 
  marketed 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  

  

  Tonawanda, 
  ^N^iagara 
  co. 
  To 
  the 
  southeast 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  is 
  the 
  

   brick 
  plant 
  of 
  Martin 
  Biesterer. 
  The 
  clay 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  red 
  color 
  passing 
  

   downward 
  into 
  blue 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  thickness 
  of 
  about 
  5 
  feet. 
  Only 
  

   common 
  brick 
  are 
  manufactured; 
  the 
  consumption 
  is 
  chiefly 
  local. 
  

   The 
  burning 
  is 
  done 
  with 
  coal. 
  

  

  Lancaster, 
  Erie 
  co. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  yards 
  here, 
  the 
  Buffalo 
  star 
  

   brick 
  CO., 
  near 
  the 
  Erie 
  depot, 
  and 
  the 
  Lancaster 
  brick 
  co., 
  about 
  

   2 
  miles 
  farther 
  out. 
  In 
  the 
  former's 
  bank 
  the 
  clay 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  blue 
  

   color 
  below 
  and 
  weathered 
  to 
  red 
  on 
  top. 
  Limestone 
  pebbles 
  are 
  

   common 
  in 
  the 
  clay, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  separating 
  them, 
  the 
  

   clay 
  is 
  stored 
  in 
  sheds 
  to 
  diy 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  and 
  passed 
  through 
  

   a 
  barrel 
  sieve 
  before 
  being 
  used 
  the 
  following 
  spring 
  and 
  summer. 
  

  

  