CALIFORNIA BRICKS

NILES

Donated by Mary Thrower

Brand name: NILES

Company: California Pressed Brick Co. (1907)

Location: Niles Canyon, Fremont, Alameda County, CA

Years: 1909-1911

Type: Dark red paving brick.

Description: Brand name raised on the face of paving brick.

Comments: For more information, see under "Brickmakers" the California Pressed Brick Company.

View of the plant when is was called the Mission Pottery, with
stacks of clay pipe in the yard. Note the plant and the two round
down draft kilns. Dan Mosier, 1983.

View of Mission Pottery showing the 70-ft. chimney and a round
down-draft kiln in the metal shed. Dan Mosier, 1983.

Comments or questions are welcomed.
Please send email to Dan Mosier at danmosier@earthlink.net.