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Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site

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Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Phone:
+1 306-868-4474

Hours:
Sunday3:30am - 4am
Monday3:30am - 4am
Tuesday3:30am - 4am
Wednesday3:30am - 4am
Thursday3:30am - 4am
Friday3:30am - 4am
Saturday3:30am - 4am


Claybank Brick Plant was a brickworks factory for the manufacturing of bricks from clay located with a quarry for clay on site. The Claybank Brick plant has been conserved as a part of Saskatchewan's industrial heritage with its official announcement June 29, 1997 as a National Historic Site of Canada by Minister of Canadian Heritage Sheila Copps. $2 million for the conservation and presentation of the Brick Plant by Claybank was contributed jointly between Federal and Provincial Government funding departments. Claybank Brick Plant used neighboring clay from the Massold Clay Canyons. The Cretaceous period resulted in the Whitemud Formation which is the underlying zone of the Claybank Hills. The Whitemud Formation is noted for two main types of clay; white and grey in colour which possess different properties. Also close to Claybank are the Dirt Hills where a bentonitic clay can be found. Therefore, the brick produced is used for different purposes. Claybank Brick Plant is known for its face brick, as well as tiles, fire brick, insulating brick
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