Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site and Museum
Claybank, Saskatchewan
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A Little Brick Plant in the Middle of Nowhere
Location: Dirt Hills

 
Face of Hill #1 with exposure of Hill #4 around 1912 prior to construction of the Brick Plant
1 of 15 		Valley of Hill 1 showing range cattle and possible geological surveyors
2 of 15 		White clay exposure in the Dirt Hills before mining for brick production
3 of 15 		Three men and the Narrow Gauge rail line at the mine entrance in the Dirt Hills.
4 of 15 		Geological exploration of the refractory clays.
5 of 15 		Three men collecting soil samples and numbering the 8 different soil and clay levels in Dirt Hills.
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General view of the Brick Plant in 1972, facing north with Clay Pit 2 at the centre, right
7 of 15 		L to R: Dan Bednard and Bill Wallace.
8 of 15 		The Claybank Brick Plant Road.
9 of 15 		Erosion of Clay in the Massold Clay Canyons area near the historic Clay Pits
10 of 15 		Interesting sand stone erosions in the Massold Clay Canyons area
11 of 15 		Clay deposit in the Massold Clay Canyons area
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Sandstone ball exposed by years of erosion in the Massold Clay Canyons area.
13 of 15 		Vista looking north from the Dirt Hills to the checkered farmlands.
14 of 15 		Buffalo Rubbing rock located in the Massold Clay Canyons and Clay Pits area
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