Middle Bay Brick Kiln

Kodiak 011 Site
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location Address restricted[1]
Nearest city Kodiak, Alaska
Area less than one acre
NRHP reference # 80004571[2]
AHRS # KOD-011
Added to NRHP July 21, 1980

The Middle Bay Brick Kiln is a historical archaeological site on Kodiak Island, Alaska. Located on an eroding bluff face on Middle Bay, the site contains the remains of a brickmaking facility established by the Russian American Company, probably in the early 19th century. The remains include a 4-by-4-metre (13 ft × 13 ft) Roman-style kiln, with a series of arches that supported the kiln floor and provided a space for the fire. At the time of the site's first major excavation in 1979, elements of at least one arch were in danger of being undermined by the eroding bluff face, and were removed for potential reconstruction by the Kodiak Historical Society. Other notable finds at the site include hand cut nails and a brick with Russian writing on it.[3]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[2]

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  1. ↑ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin (29), National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997 .
  2. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. ↑ "Investigating Brickmaking in Russian America" (PDF). Heritage: Monthly Newsletter of the Alaska Office of History and Archaeology (4). January 1983. Retrieved 2015-01-20.


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