Denny-Renton Clay and Coal Company

rdf:langString Denny-Renton Clay and Coal Company

rdf:langString Denny-Renton Clay and Coal Company

rdf:langString Denny-Renton Clay and Coal Company

rdf:langString Pacific Northwest

rdf:langString in Seattle, Washington

rdf:langString Brickworks of the Denny-Renton Clay and Coal Company plant at Taylor, Washington in 1907

rdf:langString Manufacturing

rdf:langString Puget Sound Fire Clay Company, Denny Clay Company, Renton Brick Works

rdf:langString Brick, pipe, terra cotta

rdf:langString Denny-Renton Clay and Coal Company, founded in 1892 as Denny Clay Company, was the largest producer of brick pavers in the world by 1905. An industry journal said in 1909 "The clay products of this company have long been a standard for general excellence in Seattle and the entire northwest" and described its products: "Four great factories are operated by this big Seattle concern, one being devoted exclusively to the manufacture of sewer pipe, with a capacity of two miles of sewer pipe daily; one devoted exclusively to the manufacture of terra cotta; another, the Renton factory, manufactures paving brick of high quality, while the Taylor plant embraces the new sewer-pipe and hollow-ware, as well as the dry-press and fire-brick factories." — Brick, 1909 The factory in Taylor, Washington, was near heavy glacial clay deposits in an 80-foot (24 m) high bank used to make the brick, and could produce 100,000 bricks a day in 1907. Hydraulic mining was used to extract clay from the hill. The factory produced 58 million bricks in 1917. It was closed when Taylor was condemned to become part of Seattle's Cedar River watershed in 1947.