Brickmaking -- Colorado -- Salida.
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Major fires, two years apart spurred Salidans into a spate of brick construction that eventually saved the town from more devastating damage. A couple of brick yards were in operation before the 1886 fire, but within a year after the 1888 conflagration, there were at least four in production. Clay, sand and water are stirred into a stiff mud before it is packed into molds. It was repetitive, back-wrenching work, but it was lucrative for many years.
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Major fires, two years apart spurred Salidans into a spate of brick construction that eventually saved the town from more devastating damage. A couple of brick yards were in operation before the 1886 fire, but within a year after the 1888 conflagration, there were at least four in production. Clay, sand and water are stirred into a stiff mud before it is packed into molds. It was repetitive, back-wrenching work, but it was lucrative for many years....
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Brick making was often a family business that included children, parents, and maybe a hired hand or two. Sun-dried bricks were stacked, 20,000-50,000 at a time, creating their own kiln. Plastered with mud to limit air, a fire was kindled and carefully monitored to harden bricks.
Janice Pennington Collection.
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Clay was packed into three-brick molds which were then dumped on the ground in long rows to sun dry. This unidentified boy may have been responsible for the thousands of bricks drying around him. Most of Salida’s buildings are made of this soft, red local brick.
Janice Pennington Collection.
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Brick making was often a family business that included children, parents, and maybe a hired hand or two. Sun-dried bricks were stacked, 20,000-50,000 at a time, creating their own kiln. Plastered with mud to limit air, a fire was kindled and carefully monitored to harden bricks.
Janice Pennington Collection.
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There were several brick manufacturers in Salida whose work is evident in Salida's historic district. They made use of the soft red clay near the Little Arkansas River. This is probably the Allen Brick Yards, operated by brick mason George W. Allen, which was located outside city limits. H.F. Knickerbocker lived close by to it. Pictured from left – unknown person, Roy Knickerbocker, Henry Franklin Knickerbocker, unknown person, Tom Knickerbocker....
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Brick making was often a family business that included children, parents, and maybe a hired hand or two. Sun-dried bricks were stacked, 20,000-50,000 at a time, creating their own kiln. Plastered with mud to limit air, a fire was kindled and carefully monitored to harden bricks.
Janice Pennington Collection.
