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Santa Barbara Sandstone

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COMMENT 31444	2009-07-05 07:49 AM
are there any examples of clinker brick use in SB? Here is SLO, there are a couple of homes in the Monterey Heights area (hill opposite Apple Farm Inn) that used the clinker bricks for exterior and garden walls. Very 'crazy-quilt' in texture, with burnt lumps of blackend, knarled clay along with the typical red clay. Probably from the old brick works which operated on Broad St till the 70's. ...but thinking about it...where did the red clay come from? It's all native black adobe hereabouts. Nearest red clay is in the Sierra foothills. They must have shipped it as dry clay by rail or truck to the coast for firing?
COMMENT 31478	2009-07-05 10:55 PM
Billy G here: I lived in SLO for 3 years when I was in school at Cal Poly and always loved the clinkers. I can't recall seeing them down here. Must be something about their migratory patterns that kept them further north. Maybe they don't like our foggy summers and salt air? Just conjecture. SLO has wonderful serpentine outcroppings - love that soft green color. Thanks for leaving a comment.
COMMENT 31444	2009-07-08 09:43 AM
that serentiune can play havoc with radio reception along the coastal 101 corridor-- the copper... not a fan of serpentine myself--I prefer the sandstone, so soft and warm. lucky youse.

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