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The Berea Brick and Tile Company, north of Strongsville in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The image was made by John H. Melvin in 1951.
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The following information comes from a web article written by Cory Shaffer on 6 August 2013 for <a href="http://www.cleveland.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.cleveland.com</a> in an article about Strongsville (<a href="http://www.cleveland.com/strongsville/index.ssf/2013/08/strongsville_a_strong_communit.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.cleveland.com/strongsville/index.ssf/2013/08/strongsv...</a>)
In the late 1800s to early 1900s, Prospect Road was cementing itself as an industrial hub. At the north end, brick was being produced as early as 1835, expanded in 1890 by Charles Bolton, and again in 1927, when John Reznik formed the Berea Brick and Tile Company that produced up to 30,000 bricks a day, Coughlin writes. The bricks were used for streets, and farmers would use the tile to supplement their drainage systems. Today, the brickyard is a maintenance area for the Cleveland Metroparks, and the clay pits are used as hatcheries for fish, Couhglin writes.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Gravel pit in distance surrounded by brick houses. Berea Brick and Tile Company in Strongsville, Ohio.