Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site and Museum
Claybank, Saskatchewan

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A Little Brick Plant in the Middle of Nowhere

 
East side of Carpenter and Blacksmith Shop 1934
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Deep snow in the winter of 1935 almost covered the Narrow Gauge rail line Tressel Bridge
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Making a Brick Mold
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Bricks were stored in Stock Sheds.
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CN Box Car sitting on two different sets of tracks, someone pulled the switch too soon! 1970's
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Shrink Wrap Oven, 1976
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Kilns and Main Plant area prior to building of Hand Mold Shop in 1914.
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View of Plant in 1914 looking south, with Test Kiln in the right foreground
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Fireman shovelling coal ashes out of a Kiln 1930's
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Fireman shovelling coal ashes out of Kiln 1930's
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Fireman shovelling coal ashes out of Kiln 1930's
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Fireman shovelling coal ashes out of Kiln 1930's
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Fireman shovelling coal to a Kiln 1930's
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Adolph Ropertz (l) and Paul Brunner (r) firing forced draft kiln 1936
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Kiln 1940's
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Adam Wostrawdowski (r) and Mike Scott (l) in front of a Smoke Stack
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Kiln prior to conversion to natural gas in 1960 with Parobolic arch entrance bricked in for firing
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Bricks were taken from the Kilns to the Stock Sheds by the Wheelers
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