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. By 1844, five works produced 1.5 M bricks. Later, some 20 plants: incl. Capt. John Porter, Clifton, Mack & Crescent, using local clay, gas and coal, and hundreds of workers, produced millions of bricks yearly.

First shipped on the Ohio River, after 1886 also by Pennsylvania RR.