Atwood brick yard

Update Item Information
Photo Number PH2171B
Identifier PH_bldg_2171B
Title Atwood brick yard
Subject Murray City business; brick yard; bricks; clay hills; clay \ v ; making bricks
Description Walter Henry Atwood, his father Simeon and his brothers, opened their own brickyard circa 1865. It was the first brickyard in Murray and in fact, one of the first in Utah. The family were brickmakers in Pennsylvannia before coming to Utah in 1862. They found an ample supply of good grade clay in Murray which was needed to make bricks. Walter's home was the first in Murray to be built from kiln dried bricks as were many houses and buildings after.
Contributor Murray City Parks & Recreation
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Digitization Specifications Originals scanned with HP Officejet Pro X476dnMFP PCL6 and saved as 300 ppi Tifs. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as jpegs 800 pixels
Source Murray City
Language eng
Spatial Coverage Utah; Salt Lake County; Murray
Rights Management Digital image copyright 2016, Murray City Museum. All rights reserved.
Holding Institution Murray City Museum
Contributing Institution Murray City Museum
Website http://www.murray.utah.gov/290/Museum
Source Physical Dimensions 9.53 x 8.15 inches
Source Characteristics Black & White Photograph
Archival Resolution JPEG
Low Resolution TIFF: 300 ppi
Bit Depth 8-bit grayscale/24-bit color
Call Number PH2171B
ARK ark:/87278/s60s2m30
Setname mc_mcm
ID 232305
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60s2m30
Back to Search Results