Brick of excellent quality are made at numerous points. The product of the yards at Red Wing is well known. The Capitol at St. Paul is made of red pressed brick from Red Wing. The following brick yards were noted in the survey of the county: Ole Simmons, Red Wing, red pressed brick. (A Report on the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, 1882-1885, The Geology of Minnesota, Volume II, N. H. Winchell and Warren Upham, Pioneer Press Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1888, Page 55)
Brick making is another industry that has for many years been important in Red Wing. The old state capitol at St. Paul was made of red pressed brick from Red Wing. Among the early brick makers of the city were Brink, Williams & Co. and Ole Simmons. (History of Goodhue County, Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., Chicago, IL, 1909, Page 630)