CALIFORNIA BRICKS

ADDINGTON

Photo courtesy of Melody McDonald

Brand name: ADDINGTON

Company: Addington and Son

Location: Pony Brown Road, Michigan Bar, Sacramento and Amador Counties, California

Years: 1859-1884

Type: Fire brick

Description: Yellow fire brick. Brand name impressed on the face.

Equipment: Possibly field kilns.

Deposit: Michigan Bar clay pits.

Comments: J.W. Orr and Absalom M. Addington built the kilns in 1859, and was said to be the largest pottery in the State at the time.

Source: Melody McDonald, written correspondence, 2004; Thompson & West, "History of Amador County" 1881, p. 192; California Historical Landmarks, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, 1979.

For more information see under Brickmakers the Addington & Son.

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