Old Brickyard Chimney

This lone brick chimney is all that's left of what was once the largest brickworks in the West. The Salt Lake Pressed Brick Company fired as many as 60,000 bricks a day here, on land an English immigrant named Edward Hemsley had christened simply 'The Brickyard'—Brigham Young reportedly canceled Hemsley's mission so he'd stay home and keep making brick. The plant shut down in 1972 and was hauled off to West Jordan, all but this 1902 smokestack, left standing among the shops of Brickyard Plaza like a chimney with no house.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 2.7 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood
• Liberty Park — 3.0 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• International Peace Gardens — 3.6 mi
  A hidden garden where 28 countries are represented in miniature
• This Is The Place Heritage Park — 4.2 mi
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon

More markers nearby

• First Millcreek Ward Chapel — 1.4 mi
• Jordan & Salt Lake City Canal — 1.5 mi
• Sugar House Monument — 1.5 mi
• Utah Penitentiary — 1.6 mi