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: Machine Shop

 
View of the Plant from the south after completion of the first phase of construction in 1914
1 of 21 		Site plan of the Claybank Brick Plant in 1954.
2 of 21 		Main Plant area during construction 1912 to 1913, note the partly built Kiln base in the foreground
3 of 21 		Interior of the Machine Shop late 1950's.
4 of 21 		16 inch bed Metal Lathe in the Machine Shop
5 of 21 		Employee standing by the Benz Engine in the Machine Shop, early 1940's
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Mirrlees Diesel Engine, 1927
7 of 21 		Benz engine and electrical generator in the Machine Shop, 1940's
8 of 21 		Clay Storage Shed, Fuel oil storage tank and the Cooling Cistern, 1935
9 of 21 		The lathe located in the Machine Shop. Photo by: Don Hall
10 of 21 		Close up of metal lathe in the Machine Shop. Photo by: Don Hall
11 of 21 		Albert Reed leaning on a generator powered by 2 Catapillar Deisel Engines in the Machine Shop.
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Machine Shop
13 of 21 		Mirrlees Engine. Photo by Kurt Jacklin
14 of 21 		Ken Oakley welding on a Brick Die in the Machine Shop's Welding Room
15 of 21 		Compressed Air was used to start the Mirrlees Engine
16 of 21 		The Mirrlees Engine
17 of 21 		Projects were left unfinished when the Brick Plant closed for good in 1989
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