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This cache is part of the 2020 Taconic Region Geocache Challenge. Please see HH1 for details of the challenge, as well as parking and trailhead coordinates.
This cache contains a unique stamp which must stay with the cache. Use this stamp to mark your passport. This stamp is NOT a trade item.
You are looking for a medium-sized lock 'n' lock container at Denning's Point. Watch for poison ivy!
In 1872 Newburgh resident Homer Ramsdell bought land on Denning's Point from the bankrupt Boston, Hartford, and Erie Railroad. Taking advantage of the clay deposits, plentiful sand, and convenient river and rail transportation, Ramsdell had a brickyard built. The Denning Point Brick Co. employed 150 men and sold 15 million bricks.
By the 1920's the Denning Mansion was in ruins, but the brickyards were still producing. Ramsdell's estate trustees hired David Strickland to oversee the plant. Thanks to his numerous patents, David Strickland was able to get production to reach 400,000 bricks a day at its peak.
By 1939 the brickyard moved a few miles north to Brockway to find new sources of clay. Bricks from the Denning's Point Brick Works (DPBW) were used to build the Empire State Building and the Rockefeller Center (Source: Denning's Point- A Hudson River History by Jim Heron)