Re: Silica
Posted by Jeff Young on Dec 12, 2015; 1:54pm
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A sheriff's sale was held in 1917 to pay some of the debts of the failed Silica Brick and Clay Company. The bottom half of this article gives a priceless glimpse of the equipment in use at the brick factory.
(As a bonus, note that it also identifies the quarry track shown in some of the 1910 photos as being 28" gauge.)
The Record-Journal of Douglas County, Mar 30, 1917:
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A sheriff's sale was held in 1917 to pay some of the debts of the failed Silica Brick and Clay Company. The bottom half of this article gives a priceless glimpse of the equipment in use at the brick factory.
(As a bonus, note that it also identifies the quarry track shown in some of the 1910 photos as being 28" gauge.)
The Record-Journal of Douglas County, Mar 30, 1917:
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