Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18BC89 Feature 8301
Feature Notes: Horse-powered pug mill. Artifacts found in association with mill are from late 19th/early 20th century domestic occupation. Great deal of intact wood remains of pug mill (wooden deck, subflooring, wooden tub).
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status:
Household: J.S. Berry Firebrick Company
Associated Features:
Report ID: BC74
No of Artifacts: 43
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Historic, Other; Industrial
Feature Date: 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: mid to late 19th century
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: No
Radiocarbon?: No
Radiocarbon Notes:
Ceramic Vessels?: No
Ceramic Vessel Notes:
Glass Vessels?: No
Glass Vessel Notes:
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: No
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes:
Soil Screen Size:
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18BC89
County: Baltimore City
Site Name: J.S. Berry Firebrick Company Pug Mill
Brief Description: Brick making
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: Company specialized in firebricks & tiles; pug mill, horse drawn.
Site Date: ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900
Site Ethnic Group: Anglo-American
Site Function: Industrial; Mill; Row/Townhome

REPORT DATA

Report ID: BC74
Author: Kuranda, Kathryn, Elizabeth Pena, Suzanne Sanders, Martha R. Williams, David Landon, and Justine Woodard
Date: 1992
Title: Archeological and Architectural Investigations at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Imprint: 2 vols. R. Christopher Goodwin and Associates, Inc.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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