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 brick yearly.

First shipped on the Ohio R.; after 1886 also by Pennsylvania R R.