Minnesota Brick Clay

Discarded Bricks embeded in Decorah Shale Clay - found at the ruins of Twin Cities Brick Company, Saint Paul, MN.

Acme/Ochs Brick Plant: Mountain of crushed brick for use as temper material.

Acme/Ochs Brick Plant: Primary kaolin blended with local brick clay.

Acme/Ochs Brick Plant: Beehive kiln ruins, used throughout the 1800s until the introduction of industrial car kilns.

Bricks produced at the Acme/Ochs Plant (L)        Cretaceous clay harvested near the plant (below R)
Grog created by mechanically crushing waste brick (top R)

Line Blends of Springfield, MN brick clay with primary kaolin.