Light red brick are made at Read’s Landing and at Wabasha. (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 19)
WABASHA, MINN. - John Ulric will next season operate his brick machinery by steam power. (Brick and Clay Record, Windsor & Kenfield Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, April 1897, Volume VI, Number 4, Page 236)
At the town of Wabasha a plant was in operation for about 20 years on a deposit of loess loam on a terrace of the Mississippi River. It has a thickness of 4 or 5 feet for at least 40 acres. Although the loess is rather sandy, it produced a good red brick. About 500,000 brick were manufactured per year, but work was stopped about 5 years ago on account of poor market conditions. (Clays and Shales of Minnesota, Frank F. Grout and E. K. Soper, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1914, Page 164)