Clay Pit Bucket Tower

historic site

Material
metal
Inscription
This tower and two others supported a cable conveyor that brought clay from pits south of the Colorado River to a brickmaking facility nearby. A. J. Zilker installed the system in 1902. In 1912, the Butler Brick Company leasing his plant, operating the...

Overlooks nearby

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3120:0120:37
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

30.27208, -97.76894

Elevation 131 m (modelled from terrain)

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