tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post9055180296156962606..comments2024-03-11T18:10:42.788-07:00Comments on Places That Were: Beautiful Abandonment: Nature Reclaims a Crumbling Iowa Brick YardPlacesThatWerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08906573012383225740noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-33160900227452287562021-02-23T19:28:25.759-08:002021-02-23T19:28:25.759-08:00Used to play paintball there with the owners permi...Used to play paintball there with the owners permission <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-748778768338313952021-01-23T04:19:49.949-08:002021-01-23T04:19:49.949-08:00Who do I contact if I want to visit?Who do I contact if I want to visit?cameramanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730356935892687168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-34439206262992594742020-10-08T06:50:58.926-07:002020-10-08T06:50:58.926-07:00I went to visit this in 2018 and its still good to...I went to visit this in 2018 and its still good to go. I wouldn't worry about getting caught or trespassing because their are no cameras and rarley any cops in the countyJohn sepnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-61142304124331653312019-05-20T14:51:29.261-07:002019-05-20T14:51:29.261-07:00Hello!
Me and a friend have been hoping to come a...Hello!<br /><br />Me and a friend have been hoping to come around and take some pictures of the brickyard sometime- would you be willing to let us see the property a bit? We love abandoned, decaying buildings, and the pictures here make it look beautiful. <br /><br />Let me know!Love abandoned buildingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03483315142780729788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-78643340816574207202019-05-03T08:12:56.040-07:002019-05-03T08:12:56.040-07:00My great-grandpa actually worked here back in the ...My great-grandpa actually worked here back in the day, so this is cool to see. Thank you for sharing!Allie L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07557041833661948874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-11958285040703446342019-01-14T18:52:03.894-08:002019-01-14T18:52:03.894-08:00I don't know who you are Mr Anonymous but befo...I don't know who you are Mr Anonymous but before you start talking about someone that lives at this place that you are making out to be some kind of a madman packing a knife telling others you HIGHLY RECOMMEND GOING WITH FRIENDS and BE CAREFUL!!! <br /> I CAN FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU ARE MAKING THESE STATEMENTS AS ANONYMOUS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE MORAL VALUES TO MAKE SLANDEROUS COMMENTS OR STATEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE DRUMMED UP IN YOUR SIMPLE LITTLE MIND AND / OR THE BACKBONE TO STAND UP FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS OF TALKING TOTALLY OUT OF YOUR ASS !! YOU MUST HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED AS A CHILD BECAUSE THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT FOR A FEW SECONDS !!!!<br /> I am holding back every bit of anger that I am feeling BECAUSE I am the man who is living here at the Brickyard and I refuse to let you with your display of being a total moronic person to turn a beautiful place of our past that everyone can enjoy and relate to forever and that has touched so many lives!!!! <br /> I have been here for three years not a year and a half!!! I absolutely love living here and I am willing to protect my home and myself by any means!!! I have never displayed a knife to anyone at anytime but I guarantee you that have ways of protecting myself very close to me at all times!!! I am a very friendly person and I am very willing to give and show others a good time and make their visits one to remember !!! I enjoy and appreciate the friendly people but I don't have any time for the troublemakers and assholes!!! YOU SHOW RESPECT AND YOU GET RESPECT !!!<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07762296228330839798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-8309265750588528442018-09-09T19:02:37.617-07:002018-09-09T19:02:37.617-07:00I am also a photographer, and I’m interested in ta...I am also a photographer, and I’m interested in taking pictures of this place. Would you be willing to give me the information of the owner so that I can try and explore this place for myself? Please email me if you are able to help!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04827101857252635554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-71727500566935177432018-07-26T12:23:56.866-07:002018-07-26T12:23:56.866-07:00Hi Jim
A friend of mine and me will be following ...Hi Jim<br /><br />A friend of mine and me will be following your steps in IA from 8/2/18 - 8/8/18. We are explorers just like you and we do not vandalize or take anything from the places we visit. I would like to legally explore the places that are posted no trespassing. Do you happen to have contact information for us so we can contact the owners and get permission?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03628043417927459591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-30476218648741723292018-07-17T00:57:10.492-07:002018-07-17T00:57:10.492-07:00Anyone have contact information on the owner?
Th...Anyone have contact information on the owner? <br /><br />Thanks Cityboi4lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10800450577372363530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-87817765452427129832018-06-10T18:30:32.436-07:002018-06-10T18:30:32.436-07:00Just a note to anyone else who wants to check this...Just a note to anyone else who wants to check this property out, there is a man that has been living on the property for almost a year and a half now. We ran into him last time we drove out to take pictures and explore and he came out holding a knife and said he needed to escort us around if we wanted to take pictures. If you want to go I'd highly recommend going with friends and be careful while you're there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-18124615821985994722017-08-01T22:24:06.275-07:002017-08-01T22:24:06.275-07:00Do you have contact information for the owner? I w...Do you have contact information for the owner? I would love to shoot a music video at this property. Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107782550639290930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-18987210748227108152017-05-28T11:34:18.305-07:002017-05-28T11:34:18.305-07:00I'm a history student at ISU taking summer cla...I'm a history student at ISU taking summer classes and I was wondering if you could tell me the information of the owners. I have a paper about Iowa history that's due at the end of summer and I'd love to be able to write about this! Dhanyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-72171034338498288532017-04-21T08:09:18.041-07:002017-04-21T08:09:18.041-07:00I think I may have seen the same program you saw. ...I think I may have seen the same program you saw. Was it called "Life After People"? There is also a really great book called "The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman, which I highly recommend.PlacesThatWerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906573012383225740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-65579896853401972512017-04-18T05:54:19.298-07:002017-04-18T05:54:19.298-07:00Thank you for commenting, Sandi. Like so much of I...Thank you for commenting, Sandi. Like so much of Iowa, Webster County is a beautiful area. I have added a note to the article, reminding readers that this location is on private property and cannot be accessed without permission. <br /><br />It is so neat that your mother wrote down stories of the people who worked here! Are they published or available to read anywhere online? I would love to read them. Personal histories are such an important and often overlooked part of our historical record.PlacesThatWerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906573012383225740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-70011522948170645122017-04-17T21:40:56.184-07:002017-04-17T21:40:56.184-07:00My dad, Melvin Linn, worked most of his adult life...My dad, Melvin Linn, worked most of his adult life at the Lehigh Sewer Pipe and Tile Company (later known as Dickey Tile Company). I took many of the same pictures you have shared during a walk-through last summer. I was fortunate to be there when a friend of the owner of the property was there with his girlfriend to capture some photos. I am curious, though. Did you have permission to be on the property? This is private property so people need to know that you can't just walk on site and go through the buildings and grounds. I was born in Webster County, grew up in Lehigh. In my teen years, I remember driving over to get my dad as there was a family emergency. You want to know about Lehigh, just ask me. My mother wrote many memories of the clay company and the people who worked and lived in the hills of Lehigh. Sandi Linn Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15275591320281892830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-56580859006918983302017-04-17T16:48:00.254-07:002017-04-17T16:48:00.254-07:00i live in Lehigh where this Tile and clay company ...i live in Lehigh where this Tile and clay company is located. i believe when it closed up it named Dickey Clay. My dad worked there through the 70's into the early 80'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-27912965723455848812016-09-17T13:25:15.199-07:002016-09-17T13:25:15.199-07:00Thank you for the info and the recommendation! I t...Thank you for the info and the recommendation! I thought it was strange that those bricks were so different from all the others.<br />I'll have to make a trip out there some day to see the campus. It's a shame that so many people lost their jobs when it closed. It must have had a tremendously negative impact on the town. PlacesThatWerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906573012383225740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-76475342182350754002016-09-12T18:15:49.402-07:002016-09-12T18:15:49.402-07:00Jim the light colored bricks that say AP Green are...Jim the light colored bricks that say AP Green are from my home town Mexico, Missouri. At one point in time we were known as the fire brick capital of the world supplying the brick to anything from the the kilns used for steel production in Pittsburgh to the pad for Cape Canavarel. This plant too shut down in the mid 90's causing a loss of around 1500 jobs in a town of 12,000 people. If you are still in the Midwest the the campus is something to behold. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03594727686266100289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-55177502408702755542016-08-25T09:02:33.894-07:002016-08-25T09:02:33.894-07:00Thank you, my love! I couldn't have done it wi...Thank you, my love! I couldn't have done it without you!PlacesThatWerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906573012383225740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-86155598777489374242016-08-25T07:53:12.546-07:002016-08-25T07:53:12.546-07:00Fantastic as always! Some of my favorite pictures ...Fantastic as always! Some of my favorite pictures thus far!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14898188697983509996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-50367923892067365332016-08-23T00:48:48.931-07:002016-08-23T00:48:48.931-07:00Thanks for the recommendation, Jim. I've just ...Thanks for the recommendation, Jim. I've just placed an order for that book from the library. Always love getting ideas for good reads. I appreciate it. Have a terrific weekSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122524042294993949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-30471028363255159002016-08-22T17:51:44.009-07:002016-08-22T17:51:44.009-07:00Thank you so much, Roger!Thank you so much, Roger!Jimplicithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410581759713750364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-48052262440752076762016-08-20T19:01:24.891-07:002016-08-20T19:01:24.891-07:00Thank you! I'm glad to hear that you're en...Thank you! I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying it :) This was such a neat place to explore. I'd love to go back in a few years and see how much it's changed.PlacesThatWerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906573012383225740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-12302535508768940092016-08-20T18:33:20.005-07:002016-08-20T18:33:20.005-07:00Please continue your postings Jim. We enjoy your r...Please continue your postings Jim. We enjoy your research and pictures very much. This one was amazing showing the bricks and machinery as if he workers just left suddenly. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-15818588253267280732016-08-20T15:35:44.805-07:002016-08-20T15:35:44.805-07:00Love it!
I've added it to our itinerary. Did y...Love it!<br />I've added it to our itinerary. Did you come across anybody around there?<br /><br />Hubby and I watched a program once on Netflix about how nature "reclaims" things. Looks like it's moving along there. What a shame, and yet--how awesome is that!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122524042294993949noreply@blogger.com