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The entrance The plant site, nestled at the foot of the Dirt Hills, is located...
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Historic plaque The plant opened in 1914. Please see introductory text for a more complete...
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The Visitor Center was once the bunk house. It was constructed in the early 1920's &...
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The bunkhouse is now the visitor center. In later years, the bunk house was occupied...
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The antique organ in the visitor center.
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The brick oven The visitor center lunch counter makes hot cinnamon buns every day. Two Asian...
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Vegas, the friendly yard dog was our companion throughout our self-guided tour. It was a hot day,...
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The office building on the left & lab building on the right. (Note Vegas lying in the shade.) This office...
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Lab buildings The Lab was built in 1920 to analyze clay & test new brick products. The...
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Boiler house The last plant owners were A.P. Green Refactories, a multi-national...
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Carpenter shop The wooden molds for hand-molded bricks were made in this shop. These...
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Filter/pump house, I think with the visitor center in the background.
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This narrow-gauge train car is now used for tourists. Note one of the staff houses in the background.
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Clay storage shed The plant used Dirt Hills clay mined on site for most of their...
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Closeup When clay was discovered here in 1886, the assay report from eastern...
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different angle.... The dry pan area was here as well.
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Clay stock piles In the early days, the clay was dug out with pick & shovel, then...
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Clay dump car that ran on rails. When the plant expanded & added more kilns,...
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The Fordson tractor The Fordson would speed downhill on the rail line coming out of the pits with...
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Bucket elevator Since the clay stored in the clay storage shed was usually in large...
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Bucket monorail Dobie brick (previously fired brick) was added to the clay mixture to help...
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There are posters like this in every area, so self-guided tours are quite easy to manage. They...
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Dry pan grinder
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Bagging station Ground fire clay was also bagged for sale at various bagging stations in the...
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Dry pan poster
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