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| Landmark #740 | San Joaquin County | Visited: March 21, 2015 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A plaque on the site of the Carnegie Brick and Pottery Company! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: A city of 3,500 population from 1895-1912, the town had a post office, company store, hotels, saloons, bandstand, and hundreds of homes. The Carnegie Brick and Pottery Company had 45 kilns and 13 tall smokestacks, clay came from the famous Tesla Coal Mine, four miles to the west. Town and plant were served by the Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad.
OTHER TIDBITS: The founder of the Carnegie Brick and Pottery Company was actually John Treadwell, but he so admired Andrew Carnegie that he named his town after the famous philanthropist! At its height, the company shipped 110,000 bricks a year, but demand could not keep up with the failure of the bank that held the company’s mortgage! Nonetheless, you can still see some of the bricks made by this company in the walls of the Oakland Hotel, Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, and the Carnegie Libraries in Livermore and Lodi! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area 5.9 mi W of I-580 on Corral Hollow Rd 9 mi SW of Tracy, CA 95376 ANNOTATIONS: 18600 Corral Hollow Rd From Los Angeles: ~325mi (524km) — 5.5hrs |
| When should I go? | Carnegie SVRA is open every day, but its hours are seasonal! It opens at 8:00 AM every morning and closes at 6:00 PM in winter, 7:00 PM in spring and fall, and 8:00 PM in summer! |