Photos
of the Leonard Brick Company, Delton, MI
Letter from William Chase to William Leonard
offering to sell the Delton Brickyard, 1908
Patented by William M. Leonard, March 12, 1895
William's business card
Leonard Brick Company, Delton, MI
A
view of the CK&S line running through Delton. This
picture was taken from a top floor
of the old grainery (which
burned down in the 1960s), looking north. The depot is
the
last building seen left of the line, across the street
from where Daniel's Wrecker
is now located. This view is
one block east of Delton's main street.
William
Leonard and an unknown boy at the Brick Company
Florence with one of the brickyard mules
Leonard family cow, grazing at the brickyard.
In the upper left corner, the freight car can be seen.
Brickyard employees, around 1914. From left to right, George Snyder,
Clarence Stevens,
Leon Leonard, Henry
Kroes, George Leonard, Burt O'Donald, Asa Chamberlain,
Leon Soloman, Roy McBain, Bill Brown, Charley Uldrichh and on the
far right, William Leonard.
Another picture of some of the brickyard employees. Note the brickmold
being
held by the lad on the left. George Leonard is second from
the left.
Dumping clay to be hauled up the clay ramp for processing in the pug
mill
Pug mill with the clay rump on the right
A close-up of the clay ramp
The discard pile
Stamping the bricks prior to their
firing. My grandfather, who immigrated from the Netherlands
in
1904 is the second man from the right. He married Florence Leonard
in 1923 and bought
80 acres just beyond the brickyard where he
built a house which I now own.
The inside of the drying shed,
where bricks air-dried prior to firing.
The outside of the drying shed.
Waiting while bricks are being
fired. The man on the right is youngest son of William, George
Leonard. After the brickyard closed down in the '30s, he became
the Sheriff of Barry
County.
Leon Leonard leaning against the kiln.
A kiln
was made before each firing by stacking the dried bricks.
Loading bricks into a freight
car of the CK & S Railroad
The locomotive pushing the freight car in for
loading
Loading bricks into a freight
car of the CK & S Railroad
The spur line going into the shed
George Leonard next to the pulley
which pulled the carts up the ramp
Unknown what this is, although the foundation
for it are still there today
Track going down to clay pit
The pug mill, where clay was processed
Another view of the pug mill
The brickyard
The brickyard mules and horse
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