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Bay City Brick Company
History
The Bay City Brick Company began about 1905 on Corbett Ave. at the end of 24th St., San Francisco.
Their office was located at 10 Third St. and later at 693 Mission. The clay was obtained on the property
next to the kiln. The bricks were seasoned in a five-compartment drier and burned in a 12-compartment kiln,
using oil for fuel. This operation was intermittently run between 1905 and 1912, when it closed permanently.
Brick bat samples from the kiln site provide the brick description below.
Bay City Brick
View of the top face of a Bay City brick bat,
showing the velour texture from a wire cutter.
View of the end of a Bay City brick bat,
showing the smooth extruded form. The side
of the brick is the same.
View of the broken interior of a Bay City brick
bat, showing the white and red quartz and black clasts.
The Bay City brick is reddish brown, hard, and compact. The top and bottom faces shows a velour texture
commonly found in wire cut bricks. The sides are smooth with faint transverse lines and minor crazing or
cracks. Stack depression marks are prominent on the sides. White and red quartz and black clasts up to
1/4 inch across scattered throughout the clay body. Stiff-mud extruded process. Length unknown, width 3 3/4,
height 2 3/8.
Source
Aubury, Lewis E. "The Structural and Industrial Materials of California." California
State Mining Bureau Bulletin 38, 1906, p. 254.
San Francisco City Directories, 1908-1912.
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