Sayreville was incorporated as a township up until 1919 when it was reincorporated as the borough of sayreville after a referendum was held on the matter. I believe the first plant for the manufacture of glazed brick by the singlefire process was established at oaks, pa. It was from this that the inn acquires a new name, the old spy inn. A controlling interest in the sayre fisher company, sayreville brick manufacturers, has been purchased by harley l. The deed was recorded in new brunswick on october 14, 1912. University of california berkeley blue and gold yearbook.
I have no information on the parents of lewis or mary. Sayreville, nj brick water tower remember the brick. Luckily, somebody cared enough about the company s history to build an informative website dedicated to. Zillow group is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for individuals with disabilities.
Mary going illustration of a book id love to get my hands on in the company of women. The exterior walls showcase a variety of company brick products and colors. We are continuously working to improve the accessibility of our web experience for everyone, and we welcome feedback and accommodation requests. Usually associated with pottery, this technique was used for brick in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
They were based out of woods landing which is now sayreville, new jersey, renamed in honor of the company. The sayre and fisher reading room, in sayreville, middlesex county, new jersey, united states, was constructed in 1883 for recreational use and for showcasing the sayre and fisher brick company ornamental products. These companies offer a comprehensive range of vacuum furnaces, as well as a variety of related products and services. History of the sayre and fisher brick company of sayreville, new jersey, 18501948. We bought a house in arkansas that was built in 1903. They were along the raritan river, west of the edison bridge. Below is a photographic record of my collection of bricks, mostly from the hudson valley area. Sayrevilles past as a riverfront community is entwined with that of sailing vessels. As manufacturing fades, commuters fill the gap the new york. Dunn wirecut lug brick company 1916 paving streets. Disbound from a large 1938 construction book, this unique one page technical data specification sheet would display wonderfully matted and framed.
Find and search middle school online yearbooks for pictures, images, and photographs. Sayre and fisher reading room, sayreville roadtrippers. He was a founding member of saint euphrosynia of polotsk belarusian greek orthodox church in south river. Sayreville was incorporated as a township up until 1919 when it was reincorporated as the borough of sayreville after a. James sayre envisioned a fully integrated company town to support his brick enterprise, and his money and influence brought sayres village into. I am currently assuming he was involved at that time in marine transportation of bricks, probably for sayre and fisher brick company in sayreville, nj, just east of south river, on the raritan river, near raritan bay and nyc harbor. Company representatives in 1950 had estimated that a total of 6,250,000,000. Peter sayres and james fisher had a brick company in our town in the early 1800s. Once the pennsauken junior high school, central elementary school was built in 1924, and demolished in 2012. Sayreville nj cancer cluster public group facebook.
Dutch east india company on the 80ton yacht or vlieboat. Welcome to the premier industrial source for vacuum furnaces in california northern. By 1878, there were eight raritan river brickyards. George bright stands at a pigment grinder machine at the company, which was located on river. The use of a glazed or enameled surface on brick blocks produced a waterresistant surface and a glossy finish. The wooden tower that once sat atop this brick tower held the water used to soften clay in the production of brick. According to a practical treatise on the manufacture of bricks, tiles and. In 1876 the area around the village then known as woods landing was renamed sayreville, after the company s cofounder. The company was founded in 1850 by james sayre of newark and peter fisher of new york. He was employed at sayre and fisher brick company for a couple of years and then as a research mechanic at chicopee, inc. Publication date 1914 topics bricks, decoration and ornament, architectural publisher new york, n. Abebooks, an amazon company, offers millions of new, used, and outofprint books.
Sayre and fisher brick company was established in 1850 by james r. Find and search military yearbooks and naval cruise books online for pictures, images, and photographs. Sayre and i descend from the same immigrant ancestor, but different lines. The horseshoe road complex superfund site in sayreville. Sayre, who cofounded the sayre and fisher brick company in the 1850s with peter fisher.
Here is a website about the history of the sayre and fisher brick company. Brick production grew from 54,000,000 bricks annually in 1878, to 178,000,000 bricks in 19. Yearbooks high school yearbooks college and university. You can still see some of the brick company houses built for employees along main street in sayreville, and one of the smokestacks still stands in front of the winding river development where the plant was located. Rare antique brick labeled davis hg davis fire brick company oak hill ohio. The brickworks are memorialized by a restored 1875 brick tower that. Original old building material vintage catalog sayre and fisher brick company of sayreville, nj. Sayre was the cofounder of sayre and fisher brick company which was the first company to take advantage of sayrevilles substantial clay deposits. Sayre fisher brick company 1938 burnt clay products. Also known as sayreville hall, it was added to the new jersey register of historic places and national register of historic places in 1979.
Original old industrial vintage catalog for dunn wirecut lug brick company of conneaut, oh. Clarke of chicago, it was learned here today when records of the transaction. Acquisition by the sayre fisher brick company of three properties has been approved by the board of. During that time they had homes built for their workers, today they are commonly known locally as fisher houses. The fauna described by stephenson 1954 and collected in a clay pit of the sayre and fisher brick company contained a new genus, nine new species and one new subspecies, and definitely belonged to a group of organisms which inhabited shallow marine water. Sayreville had been called both roundabout and woods landing prior to the name we know it today. The sayre and fischer clay pit fill my childhood imagination wonderfully.
Used for paving streets, highways, private driveways, courts, warehouse, foundry, factory, boiler and and engine room floors, viaduct and bridge floors, street railway work. Sayreville was a 19th century brick capital of the usa. Brick water tower remember the brick factory sayreville was a 19th century brick capital of the usa. Sayreville, nj brick water tower remember the brick factory. Encyclopedia of greater philadelphia brickmaking and. Stanislaus kostka church was incorporated june 8, 1914, the property deed. Looks like you can have a lotta phun beating your head on a brick wall.
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