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Title: Annual report of the Regents
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: New York State Museum University of the State of New York. Board of Regents
Subjects: New York State Museum Science
Publisher: Albany : J.B. Lyon, State Printer
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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CLxlYS OF NEW YOEK 765 KOOFING TILE Comparatively few roofing tile are made in l^ew York state,nevertheless most of the product is of superior quality, and bearsa national reputation. Alfred center. New York. The works of the Celadon terracotta CO. are established at this point 2 miles from Alfred Station.The material used is a Chemung shale which is quarried along thehighway, about 1 mile from the works. The quarry is locatedin a spur of the hill, and a practically inexhaustible supply ofmaterial is in sight. The roofing tile manufactured at this factory are of the inter-locking type, and are made in a number of different shapes. Thecolor of the product is usually a rich shade of red; the body isvitrified. The works of this company began active operationsabout 1890; and since that time they have been gradually enlarging. The clay as it comes from the bank is first thoroughly crushed,in the dry pan, and passes from there to the pug mill, where it isperfectly mixed with water, producin

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