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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  2 
  miles 
  in 
  width, 
  extending 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  across 
  Genesee 
  co.^ 
  

   a 
  few 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  its 
  southern 
  boundary. 
  The 
  clay 
  is 
  usually 
  

   covered 
  with 
  a 
  thin 
  layer 
  of 
  clayey 
  loam. 
  Mr 
  Peck 
  has 
  about 
  

   50 
  acres 
  of 
  clay 
  of 
  sufficient 
  quality 
  for 
  making 
  bricks 
  and 
  tile. 
  

   It 
  averages 
  about 
  4 
  feet 
  in 
  thickness. 
  The 
  upper 
  portion 
  when 
  

   dry 
  is 
  nearly 
  white, 
  but 
  becomes 
  blue 
  with 
  the 
  depth, 
  and 
  below 
  

   4 
  feet 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  so. 
  It 
  is, 
  also 
  tough, 
  coming 
  up 
  in 
  hard 
  

   flakes 
  of 
  a 
  stony 
  nature. 
  Below 
  this 
  it 
  passes 
  into 
  the 
  shale, 
  hard 
  

   enough 
  to 
  resist 
  the 
  pick 
  but 
  crumbling 
  on 
  exposure. 
  The 
  last- 
  

   mentioned 
  rock 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  contain 
  calcareous 
  layers, 
  varying 
  in 
  

   thickness 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  6 
  inches. 
  About 
  250,000 
  feet 
  of 
  drain-tile 
  

   is 
  annually 
  made 
  for 
  local 
  use. 
  The 
  clay 
  burns 
  to 
  a 
  nice 
  red 
  in 
  

   the 
  drain 
  tile, 
  deepening 
  to 
  brown 
  when 
  burned 
  harder. 
  The 
  

   machinery 
  is 
  run 
  by 
  steam 
  power. 
  

  

  Owasco, 
  Cayuga 
  co. 
  A. 
  Lester^s 
  clay 
  bank 
  and 
  brick 
  yard 
  are 
  

   located 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  end 
  of 
  Owasco 
  village 
  on 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  Owasco 
  

   creek. 
  The 
  clay 
  deposit 
  has 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  about 
  9 
  acres 
  and 
  is 
  from 
  

   10 
  to 
  15 
  feet 
  in 
  thickness. 
  Gravel 
  overlies 
  the 
  clay 
  in 
  places. 
  

   Soak 
  pits 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  tempering, 
  and 
  a 
  Penfield 
  plunger 
  machine 
  

   for 
  molding. 
  The 
  tiles 
  are 
  dried 
  in 
  an 
  open 
  shed 
  and 
  burnt 
  in 
  

   scove-kilns. 
  Drain 
  tile 
  is 
  the 
  chief 
  production 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  bricks 
  

   are 
  made. 
  The 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  product 
  is 
  white. 
  

  

  Other 
  manufacturers 
  of 
  drain 
  tile, 
  whose 
  works 
  have 
  been 
  al~ 
  

   ready 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  detailed 
  account 
  of 
  brick 
  yards, 
  are: 
  

  

  William 
  Davenport, 
  Fonda 
  

  

  C. 
  Stephens, 
  South 
  Bay 
  

  

  Rochester 
  brick 
  and 
  tile 
  manufacturing 
  co., 
  Eochester 
  

  

  A. 
  Mosell, 
  Lockport 
  

   James 
  Sigler, 
  Clarkson 
  

  

  J. 
  E. 
  Mecusker 
  & 
  Son, 
  Jamestown 
  

  

  B. 
  G. 
  Abbey, 
  Allenshill 
  

   J. 
  B. 
  Lowe, 
  Bigflats 
  

  

  P. 
  Hayne, 
  Goshen 
  

  

  Clark 
  & 
  Sons, 
  Union 
  Springs 
  

  

  