Found by Robert Guthrie in the Barrhead, Glasgow area
Eglinton Fire Clay Works, Eglinton.
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The Eglinton Silica Brick Company Limited, Dundyvan, Coatbridge.
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Eglinton Iron Fireclay Works, Eglinton.
A substantial collection of silica fire bricks from steel-making furnaces have now been recovered from a dump site to the rear of the Dalzell Iron and Steelworks, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. All appear to predate the Ravenscraig Steelworks by around 50 years. Cartographic evidence shows that spoil from the Dalzell Iron & Steel Works and possibly…
A stretcher stamped, silica brick was found in debris on the site of the old Ravenscraig Steelworks, Motherwell. The Eglinton Silica Brick Company Limited, Dundyvan, Coatbridge. . . . . Below – Ian Suddaby points out that some of these stretcher stamped Eglinton bricks appear to have a purple hue about them. This is not…
Found at Gartliston Works, Glenboig. Believed to have been manufactured by Eglinton Silica bricks – Scotch Steel Makers – patent chrome ore bricks and patent alumina bricks – The Eglinton Chemical Company, 27 St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Note – The ‘S’ of Scotch is slightly larger than the other letters. . .
Found in the Wemyss area of Fife. Note the thumbprint to the top right. Unknown maker. Find location and stamp may suggest Scottish origins but … The 2 most likely Scottish makers are Bonnybridge Silica and Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge and the Eglinton Silica Brick Co. Ltd, Dundyvan, Coatbridge However, this reference is also a…
Found at Gartliston Works, Glenboig. Believed to be manufactured either by Eglinton Silica Brick Company or Peter and Mark Hurll, Gartliston and Garnqueen Fire Clay Works, Glenboig. (Note – SBH – This is a link to some theories regarding the origins of the ‘Martin’ stamp – click me). .
Found at Gartliston Works, Glenboig. Believed to be manufactured either by Eglinton Silica Brick Company or Peter and Mark Hurll, Gartliston and Garnqueen Fire Clay Works, Glenboig. (Note – SBH – This is a link to some theories regarding the origins of the ‘Martin’ stamp – click me). .
The brickworks were situated on the south-east side of the ironworks. They supplied fireclay bricks for the blast furnace linings and taphole clay. Once the railways arrived higher grade firebricks were brought in and firebrick manufacture at Muirkirk ceased. (Date unknown). 1788 – Muirkirk Ironworks were erected at Muirkirk, Ayrshire. 1789 – Canal basin constructed…
Canmore 1796 – Glenbuck Ironworks was founded about 1795 by English entrepreneurs who went bankrupt in 1813. 1858 – Hunts mineral statistics state that Glenbuck Fireclay Works were producing 500 tons of tap hole clay per year for blast furnaces. 1858 – Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 1858 –…
Found by Tucker Kennedy at Ardeer, Ayrshire. Eglinton Fire Clay Works, Eglinton. or The Eglinton Silica Brick Company Limited, Dundyvan, Coatbridge. or Eglinton Iron Fireclay Works, Eglinton.
Eglinton Iron Fire Clay Works, Kilwinning. The Ironworks was started by William Baird & Co, in 1846, and the brickworks was on the western side of the ironworks. The ironworks prospered and had eight blast-furnaces working by 1859. the brickworks shown on the map of 1911 is a very small one and could not have…
