D.C.Co

D.C.Co are on the bricks that made Seattle, or at least post fire Seattle.  D.C.Co, stand for Denny Clay Company, that operated out of the town of Taylor, in the Cascade foothills.  Denny Clay Company existed in that name from 1892 through 1910.  Taylor grew with the company, it was located 3.5 miles east of present day Hobert and lasted until 1947, when the city of Seattle, purchased the town, and removed the structures.  Taylor had operated for years within the boundaries of the Cedar River watershed.  Being in the watershed did not stop Taylor from flourishing, in the twenties several hundred people lived and worked in Taylor, at either the coal or clay mines or in factory.  At Taylor they made fire brick, sewer pipes, fire proofing materials and roofing among other things.  The goods were shipped down to Renton on the Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad and then to Seattle to help build the city.  So if you ever see a brick with D.C.Co you know it came from Taylor, Washington.  Tonight's photos are of a Denny Clay Company paving stone, in Discovery Park and of the townsite, the road in the picture was once a rail line between two of the main building of the factory.