CALIFORNIA BRICKS
Brand name: HIEATT
Company: F. L. Hieatt Brick Company
Location: Plant was located at the corner of California and Juniper streets, San Diego, CA.
Years: 1913-1915
Type: Stock brick
Description: Brand name impressed in a deep rectangular frog in the face. The
red stock brick is warped.
Equipment: 1 dry press, 1 stiff mud machine, electric power used, oil-fired kilns.
Capacity: Dry press 18,000 daily, stiff mud machine 60,000 daily.
Deposit: Eocene clay was obtained from near Ladrillo in Rose Canyon, San Diego County, CA.
Comments: F. L. Hieatt was president, J. R. Jolly was secretary. Employed 20. This brick
was found by Mooney & Associates archaeologists, San Diego, CA.
Source: California State Mining Bureau Report 14, 1913-14, p. 685-686.
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