Anoka Pressed Brick & Terra Cotta Company

ANOKA’S ASHES

Particularly fortunate is it at this time that about 300,000 Anoka pressed brick are ready for use in rebuilding the city.  Some months since a company called the Anoka Pressed Brick and Terra Cotta company was organized, with a cash capital of $60,000, and with the following officers:  J. A. Boyd, president; Dr. D. C. Dunham, Secretary; H. S. Sparks, treasurer, and P. B. Broughton, manager.  Their capacity is 60,000 per day, and they have just burned the first kiln.  Samples of these brick look smooth and fine, and weigh five and one-half pounds each.

They are of excellent quality and it is claimed are made of a clay very nearly test fire clay.  They have the best machinery in use and make a dry pressed brick.

Source:
The Saint Paul Daily Globe
Tuesday Morning, August 19, 1884
Volume XII, Number 232
Page 5