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Earliest view of brickyard ca. 1910 Leary Brick Works Through the Years

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Earliest view of brickyard ca. 1910

Leary Brick Works Through the Years

George Leary with sons with Bill & Val beside what may have been

an early stove kiln ca. 1905

Ev Leary (2nd. son of George Sr.) west of brickyard ca. 1911

Leary Brick Works ca. 1950 with piles of cordwood used for burning

Shale source south of plant – freshly ploughed

Ad for Leary bricks ca. 1950

Early bricks showing flat face

Pre-1947

Later brick with indentation (‘frog’)

1947-53

2017 – deteriorating brick kiln

Floor & dome of kiln 2017 – now unsafe for entry

Brickyard chimney ca. 2014

Inside view of chimney

Leary Brick Works in autumn of its decline