Berlin Township near Berlin Heights in Erie County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Brick & Tile Kiln

— Adventure Walkway —

Photographed by Craig Doda, November 24, 2024

1. Brick & Tile Kiln Marker

Inscription. Nearby in Edison Woods was a brick and tile kiln, a massive furnace that baked moist clay into hard bricks and drainage tile tubes.

• The kiln used clay from local Edison Woods soils, as well as local trees for fuel.
• The kiln closed when fuel trees became scarce, and natural gas became available.
• Clay tiles were buried in long rows to drain fields for farming.
• Bricks were used in construction of numerous local buildings including the Berlin Heights Opera House, now the Berlin Township Hall, and the Florence Church.

[Captions:]
At Driver and Smokey Roads the Waldron Brick and Tile Yard made bricks from 1884 until the 1920s.

Erected by Friends of Erie MetroParks.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Natural Resources. A significant historical year for this entry is 1884.

Location. 41° 20.403′ N, 82° 29.342′ W. Marker is near Berlin Heights, Ohio, in Erie County. It is in Berlin Township. It is on Ceylon Road (Ohio Route 61) half a mile south of Deehr Road, on the right when traveling north. This is along the Adventure Walkway which is a board walk path within the Edison Woods MetroPark. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10135 State Rte 61, Berlin Heights OH 44814, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore

and in the Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

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At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Nuclear Power Connection… (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Sandstone Quarries (about 400 feet away); The Ghost Railroad. (about 400 feet away); The Original 1875 School Bell (approx. 1.1 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Memorial Field (1951) (approx. 1.2 miles away); Berlin Heights Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); Duty - Honor - Country (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Berlin Heights.

Photographed by Craig Doda, November 24, 2024

2. Brick & Tile Kiln Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 6, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 209 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 6, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.