…at Northfield one or two small kilns are burned every season. (History of Rice County, Including Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, Rev. Edward D. Neill, Minnesota Historical Company, Minneapolis, 1882, Page 269)
NORTHFIELD, Minn., Sept. 25. – Work commenced today on the new power house of the Northfield Electric Light and Power company. It is to be on the west side of the Cannon river, near the water works pumping station and will be built of brick from the Northfield brick yards, whose first kiln has just been burned. (The Saint Paul Daily Globe, Thursday Morning, September 26, 1895, Volume XVIII, Number 269, Page 4)
Northfield. Brick Manufacturing – J. S. Tripp. Second Inspection 1900. Adults – Male - 25. Total No. Employed - 25. No. Hours Labor Each Day - 10. Average No. Weeks Employed in Year – 26. (Seventh Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of the State of Minnesota, 1899-1900, Pioneer Press Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1900, Page 98)