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25 Top Historical Events in Alliance – Brick Industry

25 Top Historical Events in Alliance – Brick Industry

by Alliance Historical Society | Apr 4, 2020 | Historic facts

#7. Brick Industry “Shapes” Alliance Brickmaking began in Alliance during the 1860s with Josiah Rosenberry who took his clay from the ponds that are now on the Glamorgan estate. As early as 1907, James Wilcox’s Alliance Clay Products Company was turning...

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