Brickyard Bend
Named by boat captains for many brick works shipping from area. John Gamble first mined clay in 1830; James Porter had first brick works in 1832; five works in 1844 produced 1.5 M bricks. Later, over 20 plants, using local clay, gas and coal, incl. Capt. John Porter's, Clifton, Mack, & Crescent, employed hundreds of workers and produced millions of bricks yearly. First shipped on the Ohio R.; after 1886 also by Pennsylvania R.R.
Marker is at the intersection of Ridge Avenue (West Virginia Route 2) and Ballantyne Road, on the right when traveling north on Ridge Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
