Carnegie
California State Historic Landmark 740
03/11/97
#740 Carnegie
A city of 3500 population, from 1895-1912, and the site of the Carnegie Brick and Pottery Company. Served by the Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad, the plant had 45 kilns and 13 tall smokestacks, and the town had a post office, company store, hotels, saloons, bandstand, and hundreds of homes. Clay was used from the famous Tesla Coal Mine, 4 miles to the west.
Nothing remains of this site.
Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area, 5.9 mi W of I-580 on Corral Hollow Rd, 9 mi SW of Tracy.
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