Carnegie

San Joaquin County · 9 miles southwest of Tracy · location approximate

A city of 3,500 population, from 1895-1912, and the site of Carnegie Brick and Pottery Company, served by the Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad. The plant had 45 kilns and 13 tall smokestacks; the town had a post office, company store, hotels, saloons, bandstand, and hundreds of homes. Clay was used from the famous Tesla Coal Mine, four miles to the west.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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