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Date: | Thu, 25 Apr 2002 19:18:30 -0400 |
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In the 17th century, on Long Island, in New York State, some of the earliest
recorded expeditions from Huntington (Ashford during Cromwell) were to
discover "cannel coal" to produce bricks, as Huntington had much clay, and
later 18th and 19th century potteries, the last "Brown Brothers" making salt
glaze stoneware. Coal didn't arrive until the 1830's from Pennsylvania. I'm
not sure of the 19th(?)century Greenport Pottery being an indicator of
earlier brickyards. Just west of there are fairly large clay deposits that
I've seen. Garvies Point clay near the Museum, fires quite nicely in your
home oven.
There are also 17th century brickyards recorded just west of the oldest
incorporated town in New York State, Southampton, ca 1638.
I imagine, in trade and the dangerous nature of the sea, some bricks laying
on the bottom might be the result of a wreck. I have seen the ballast in
Manhattan Island deposits along with cocoamut husks and brain coral. There
were three "ballast masters" in the New York Harbor at one time I read, and
an interesting research topic.
My two cents.
George Myers
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