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LABCO/APEX/1-W

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Brand name: LABCo/APEX/1-W

Company: Los Angeles Brick Company

Location: Office at 1078 N. Mission Road, Los Angeles. Plant at Alberhill, Riverside County, CA.

Years: 1925-1930

Type: Fire brick

Description: Brand name impressed on the face.

Equipment: Auger machine with automatic cutter, repress machine, four round down-draft kilns fueled by air-atomized oil.

Deposit: Alberhill clay pits, Riverside County, CA.

Source: California State Mining Bureau Report 15, 1917; California State Mining Bureau Bulletin 99, 1928, p. 105-107; Gurcke, Karl, Bricks and Brickmaking, The University of Idaho Press, 1987.

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