Bluffs and Piasa Bird, 2016
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Group of men standing outside at the coal mines Group of well dressed men with coverall on standing outside at the coal mines Unknown December 8, 2016
Men hosing down the outside of Madison Coal Corporation Mine No. 5 Men hosing down the outside of Madison Coal Corporation Mine No. 5 Unknown December 8, 2016
Miners entering into the mines Miners entering into the mines Unknown December 8, 2016
The back of the coal mine against the railroad tracks. Railroad carts filled with coal. The back of the coal mine against the railroad tracks. Railroad carts filled with coal. Unknown December 8, 2016
Building on the coal mining property Building on the coal mining property owned by Madison Coal Corporation. Unknown December 8, 2016
Group of miners sitting in a cart outside of the mines Group of miners sitting in a cart outside of the mines Unknown December 8, 2016
Men working in a pit inside the mine Men working in a pit inside the mine. The man in the right is Al Deconcini Senior Unknown December 8, 2016
Men working at the brick yard Men working at the brick yard Unknown December 8, 2016
The Shale Pit Edwardsville Intelligencer, January 11, 1894 “Chicago’s city council has given Glen Carbon brick an endorsement that will make the product from shale in this locality rank with the highest quality of brick manufactured. The Council Monday evening adopted what is known as the ‘brick ordinance.’ The ordinance provides that the quality of bricks used in the City of Chicago must be of equal quality as those being manufactured in Glen Carbon.” Unknown December 8, 2016
The St. Louis Brick Yard Workers The St. Louis Press Brick Company was once of the interests of the Niedringhaus Family of Granite City and St. Louis. The brick ward began operations about 1891 and was the largest brick manufacturing plant in the State of Illinois at the time. The company earned a reputation as manufacturing the finest bricks to be found and local lore insists that the company produced all of the bricks used in the construction of the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904. In addition to manufacturing paving and building bricks, the company produced beautiful decorative bricks. Hundreds of men from neighboring communities where employed by the brick company. Several boarding houses as well as rows of “company houses” were constructed for employees. The employees had their own ball team, an active union, and a park for social activities. Unknown December 8, 2016