Malvern in Carroll County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
This Clinker
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025
1. This Clinker Marker
This Clinker is placed here to honor our early Malvern clay and brick plants and the many workers they employed.
A Clinker is overfired molten clay. Too much heat caused the clay to fuse together and become distorted.
This particular Clinker is from Kopp Clay of Malvern. It was purchased by Dominick Cinson in 1969, and was donated to the Malvern Historical Society in 2009 by Joe Klekotta.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1969.
Location. 40° 41.373′ N, 81° 10.786′ W. Marker is in Malvern, Ohio, in Carroll County. It is on East Porter Street 0.3 miles east of South Reed Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 116 E Porter St, Malvern OH 44644, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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)
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Malvern Area Veterans Memorial Wall (a few steps from this marker); Theodore Newton Vail (within shouting distance of this marker); Malvern Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Sandy and Beaver Canal (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Malvern Veteran's Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); 1891 Malvern School Stones (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Great Trail / The Ohio Country in the Revolution (approx. 0.4 miles away); Malvern (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Malvern.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Malvern Veterans Memorial (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed).
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025
2. This Clinker Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 29, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 111 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 29, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
