Brick Factory, brick making

[Mountain Man]

A number of years ago I saw this image in an older magazine, and it so inspired me that I knew I had to make all efforts to include something like this on my new layout

 


This was my initial efforts to put that scene on my plan.
https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node...ent-369953   (full size paper templates)


I am currently having to re-plan this scene due to a number of problems that have popped up.

What I need help with is identifying the major raw materials needed for brick making, and the stowage (tanks) I should try to provide space for as I try to rearrange things??

Raw clay, usually sourced locally - hence the many different colors of brick! -and a source of fuel, usually wood or coal/charcoal.

Almost very Western town burned down for the final time in the late 1800's, causing a local brick plant to be constructed and thereby rebuild the town with a more fireproof material.  We have a brick factory left over right next door in Canon City, which likely supplied the other nearby town of Florence.

Cripple Creek, a mere 22 miles away by early narrow gauge railroad. constructed its own.

This is the one in Canon City:  sorry, unable to transport actual image.  The clay was packed into molds by hand, stacked raw in the kilns and baked.  The beehives are the kilns - the square chimneys - brick, of course! - handle the heat source...coal in this part of Colorado. -

https://th.bing.com/th/id/R6005183b93e8c...pid=ImgRaw