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S16.02.115Description
The Beldon Brick Company plant near Port Washington, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The plant may have been working the Clarion Clay from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The image was made in 1974.
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Information about the Port Washington location comes from The Belden Brick History: A Legacy of Outstanding Performance on the Belden Brick Company website August 2016 at <a href="http://www.beldenbrick.com/bb_history_2008/belden_history_home_08.htm" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.beldenbrick.com/bb_history_2008/belden_history_home_0...</a>.
In 1918, the directors of The Belden Brick Company realized there were financial problems at the Belden Face Brick Company located at Port Washington. The Belden Face Brick Company was a personal venture of Henry Belden. In July 1918, the directors of The Belden Brick Company authorized the treasurer to loan Belden Face Brick Company as much money as it needed, in exchange for bonds to be held as collateral. Then in October 1919, Belden Brick purchased stock in the Belden Face Brick Company and by 1920 they held shares in the amount of more than twice the money that they had loaned Belden Face Brick. Now Belden Face Brick again had a strong sales force for their product. The Belden Brick Company now had a continuing source of face brick on which they were paid a good commission.The Belden Brick Company held the controlling interest in Belden Face Brick Company at Port Washington. In 1936 The Belden Face Brick Company became the Port Washington plant of The Belden Brick Company. In 1980, Empire Coal is interested in the 330 acres adjacent to the Port Washington Plant. Empire has a long-term coal lease with Belden Brick. By the end of 1981, the Port Washington Plant had ceased production and Empire remains an active prospect to purchase the plant and its property. On October 16th, 1981, the last brick was manufactured at the Port Washington Plant. In early 1983, the sale of the Port Washington Plant and its land (nearly 400 acres) is completed with Empire Coal with an agreement allowing the Company to liquidate 5 million brick equivalent of inventory.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Brick buildings with smokestacks; brick piles across from them. Beldon Brick Company in Port Washington, Ohio.