Machinery From
First Factory in Athens

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Marker Text: Established 1882 (at site 1.5 mi. NE) by local planter H. M. Morrison, to make building brick. Total original machinery consisted of this press and plunger. Press was hand-operated. A mule-drawn swivel ran the plunger, mixing clay dug at the plant site.
      C.H. Coleman bought into firm in 1891; after Morrison's death in 1899 he became sole owner.
​    Harbison-Walker Refractories Company bought business in 1940; continued making Coleman brick and enriching economy until closing in 1968. These machines are a permanent loan to city of Athens from Harbison-Walker. (1968)

Marker No: 10357

18 x 28 Aluminum Subject Marker

Geographic: 32° 11.494′ N, 95° 51.134′ W

Location: ​South Palestine Street (State Highway 19) 0.2 miles East Cayuga Drive (Farm to Market Road 59, Athens