A Call for Artifacts/Info The Haverstraw Brick Museum in Haverstraw, New York, is purring together an exhib it, "Moving Bricks on the Hudson," for display from September 2009 through January 20 10. The exhibit will focus on the sloops, schooners, towboats, rugs, and barges that transported bricks on the Hudson in the 19th and early 20th centuries . At its peak, the brick industry was the dominant industry on the Hudson River, and diverse boats transported one million bricks on the river annually. The museum is wondering if NMHS members m ight have information about brick boats and artifacts, particularly models of vessels that transported bricks on the Hudson River, which could be made available for loan for the exhibit. For more information, please contact Pat Gordon, President, Haverstraw Brick Museum, 12 Main Street, H averstraw, NY 10927; Ph. 845 94735 05 ; www.haverstrawbrickm useum.org.
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