Article ID: CBB783324186

Moving Beyond the Factory Gates: The Industrial Archaeology of New Jersey's Terra Cotta Industry (1999)

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This paper examines the rise and fall of New Jersey's architectural terra cotta industry (c. 1870-1930) through its products. Particular consideration is paid to the factors leading to its growth, the methods employed in manufacturing terra cotta, and the part played by new European immigrants in the success of this industry. Although urban renewal has removed most of the terra cotta factories from the modern landscape, their products still remain. Here attention is focused on the architectural terra cotta that colored urban skylines at the turn of the century and the unusual ceramic gravemarkers that dot the Clay District's cemeteries. These seemingly disparate sources, examined in their historic context, provide interesting insights into the skills, craftsmanship, and ethnicities of the terra cotta workers. [2003 Vogel Prize winner]

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Authors & Contributors
Steven Kantor
Marie Connell
Cressman, Darryl
Charles A. Parrott
Pearson, Lynn F.
Edward M. Hatch
Concepts
Architecture
Industrial archaeology
Factories
Buildings
Buildings, Industrial
Material culture
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
Places
United States
Rhode Island (U.S.)
New Bedford, Mass
Caribbean Sea
New Hampshire (U.S.)
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Institutions
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Corporation
Western Clay Manufacturing Compoany (Helena, MT )
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