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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  molded 
  in 
  anger 
  side-eiit 
  machines 
  and 
  repressed. 
  The 
  shale 
  from 
  

   this 
  locality 
  is 
  mentioned 
  in 
  chapter 
  on 
  ^^ 
  Shale 
  ", 
  p. 
  839. 
  

  

  Catskill. 
  The 
  works 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  paving 
  hrick 
  company 
  rank 
  

   next 
  in 
  size 
  to 
  those 
  at 
  Syracuse. 
  The 
  material 
  used 
  is 
  a 
  mixture 
  

   of 
  Hamilton 
  shale 
  and 
  Quaternary 
  clay, 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  obtained 
  

   at 
  Cairo. 
  They 
  are 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  works 
  by 
  railroad. 
  After 
  

   crushing 
  and 
  mixing, 
  the 
  bricks 
  are 
  molded 
  in 
  auger 
  machines, 
  and 
  

   burned 
  either 
  in 
  rectangular 
  down-draft 
  kilns 
  or 
  in 
  a 
  continuous 
  

   one 
  built 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  design 
  of 
  Mr 
  Haight, 
  superintendent 
  at 
  

   the 
  factory. 
  

  

  A 
  view 
  of 
  this 
  kiln, 
  which 
  is 
  in 
  successful 
  operation, 
  is 
  shown 
  

   in 
  pi. 
  45. 
  

  

  Hornellsville. 
  The 
  Preston 
  brick 
  co. 
  manufactures 
  brick 
  from 
  

   Chemung 
  shale. 
  The 
  quarries 
  are 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  Erie 
  railroad 
  

   about 
  one 
  mile 
  from 
  Hornellsville. 
  The 
  bricks 
  are 
  molded 
  in 
  a 
  

   side-cut 
  auger 
  machine, 
  but 
  are 
  not 
  repressed. 
  They 
  are 
  dried 
  in 
  

   tunnels 
  and 
  burned 
  in 
  circular 
  down-draft 
  kilns, 
  (pi. 
  44) 
  

  

  The 
  material 
  is 
  described 
  under 
  ^' 
  Shale 
  ", 
  p. 
  839. 
  

  

  New 
  field. 
  The 
  description 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  is 
  given 
  on 
  p. 
  728. 
  

   The 
  paving 
  brick 
  are 
  auger 
  side-cut 
  ones, 
  and 
  are 
  repressed 
  either 
  

   in 
  hand 
  or 
  steam 
  power 
  represses. 
  

  

  Jamestown. 
  The 
  Jamestown 
  shale 
  paving 
  brick 
  company 
  at 
  

   this 
  place 
  makes 
  both 
  end-cut 
  and 
  side-cuit 
  paving 
  brick. 
  The 
  

   product 
  is 
  usually 
  repressed, 
  dried 
  in 
  tunnels 
  and 
  burned 
  in 
  down- 
  

   draft 
  kilns. 
  One 
  form 
  used 
  at 
  this 
  works 
  is 
  divided 
  longitudinally 
  

   by 
  a 
  brick 
  wall 
  into 
  two 
  compartments. 
  A 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  works 
  is 
  

   eho^vn 
  in 
  pi. 
  63. 
  

  

  Syracuse. 
  The 
  ]^ew 
  York 
  paving 
  brick 
  company 
  at 
  Geddes^ 
  

   near 
  Syracuse, 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  state 
  that 
  uses 
  clay 
  alone. 
  

   The 
  material 
  is 
  brous'ht 
  bv 
  canal 
  from 
  Threeriver 
  Point 
  on 
  the 
  

   Oswego 
  river, 
  10 
  miles 
  northeast 
  of 
  Syracuse. 
  TJie 
  clay 
  deposit 
  

   is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  35 
  feet 
  thick. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  soft 
  gritty 
  clay 
  of 
  moderate 
  

   plasticity 
  and 
  great 
  stickiness. 
  

  

  