Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site and Museum
Claybank, Saskatchewan
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A Little Brick Plant in the Middle of Nowhere
Hot Spot: Clay Dump Cars

 
Horse pulling dump car
1 of 12 		Dump Cars were used to haul sand and clay from the Pits south of the Brick Plant
2 of 12 		Narrow Gauge rail line
3 of 12 		Portable Narrow Gauge rail line into Pit #3 showing the Y junction and the Clay Dump Cars
4 of 12 		The Narrow Gauge rail line was portable and could be laid into which ever pit needed to be excavated
5 of 12 		An abandoned 'truck' from one of the clay dump cars used on the Narrow Gauge rail line.
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The Blue Hills Pit, located 16km northwest of the Brick Plant.
7 of 12 		View of the Plant from the south after completion of the first phase of construction in 1914
8 of 12 		View of the Brick Plant from the southwest in 1914
9 of 12 		General view of the Brick Plant in 1972, facing north with Clay Pit 2 at the centre, right
10 of 12 		View of the Plant from the southwest
11 of 12 		Fordson Engine travels up the Tressel Bridge leading into the rafters of the Clay Storage Shed
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