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

 
Capital Campaign brochure cover depicting Brick Plant scenes.
307 of 369 		Pyrometric Cones were used to monitor Kiln firing temperatures.
308 of 369 		Note the different colours of brick produced at the Claybank Brick Plant.
309 of 369 		Scove Kiln brick was used to build the first Kiln and then recycled to build the Smoke Stacks.
310 of 369 		A brick cart filled with pressed bricks.
311 of 369 		Fire Clay Bagging Station located near the AB Press.
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Main Line Shaft support.
313 of 369 		Compressed Air was used to start the Mirrlees Engine
314 of 369 		Wheelbarrow that hauled Clay from the Hand Mold Shop Pug Mill to the Hand Molders
315 of 369 		Cast Iron Screens under the Maulers allowed finely ground Clay to fall through.
316 of 369 		Jim Duncan works at the AB Press.
317 of 369 		Hand Mold Shop Pug Mill was used to add water to Clay mixture making it pliable for the Hand Molders
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Pug Mill for the Hand Mold Shop
319 of 369 		Transfer Man, Jim Duncan, pulls Transfer Cart along the Transfer Track
320 of 369 		Fordson Engine travels up the Tressel Bridge leading into the rafters of the Clay Storage Shed
321 of 369 		The properties of the Clay made it almost impossible to regular the colour of the brick
322 of 369 		Specialized brick shaped were made in the Hand Mold Shop
323 of 369 		The Mirrlees Engine
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