Brickyard Bend - New Cumberland, West Virginia
Posted by: BruceS
N 40° 28.721 W 080° 35.597
17T E 534473 N 4480967
Marker with history of brick yards along WV Hwy 2 near New Cumberland, West Virginia.
Waymark Code: WMK5DG
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/15/2014
Views: 6
Text of marker:
Brickyard Bend
Named by boat captains for many brick works shipping from the area. John Gamble first minded clay in 1830; James Porter had first brick works in 1832; five works in 1844 produced 1.5 M bricks. Later, over 20 plants, using local clay, gas and coal, incl. Capt. John Porter's Clifton, Mack & Crescent, employed hundreds of workers and produced millions of brick yearly. First shipped on the Ohio R., after 1886 also by Pennsylvania R.R.