Found by Gordon Wyle at the old Manuel Works, Whitecross.
This example is not in my possession.
(Note – SBH – It is likely this should read A / 80 for Alro 80. The green colour of the brick also points to this being an Alro product).
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Found Manuel Works, Whitecross. 80% Refers to the Alumina content. It was a chemically bonded product. This is a very dense, heavy brick. Alro is confirmed as a GR – Stein brand. It is a chemically bonded product. On being bought over by the Cookson/Vesuvius group it’s manufacture was transferred to its Polish operation at Skawina near…
Found at the Manuel Works, Whitecross. This will likely be a Stein or GR-Stein product. These items may be part of a nozzle or tuyere or a burner segment or a quarl block for a burner. Mullite M is 72% Alumina. It is possible the small square holes are for secondary air bleeds to help…
Found by Ian Suddaby at the Niddrie Fireclay Works in Edinburgh. This example is not in my possession. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . .
This example was found in Edinburgh and is in the possession of Ian Suddaby. This is not in my possession. Unusually for a firebrick, one stretcher face has a rough finish and the other is smooth. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic…
Found at Drum Farm, Bonnybridge. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co. Ltd in 1972, closed Bonnybridge works in 1973 and closed Chapelhall in 1980. Therefore between 1972 and…
Found at Drum Farm, Bonnybridge. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co. Ltd in 1972, closed Bonnybridge works in 1973 and closed Chapelhall in 1980. Therefore between 1972 and…
Found by Tucker Kennedy in Ayrshire. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co. Ltd in 1972, closed Bonnybridge works in 1973 and closed Chapelhall in 1980. Therefore between 1972…
Found by Ian Suddaby on the banks of the tidal River Dee below the site of the Ferryhill Foundry, Aberdeen. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co. Ltd in…
Found at Drum Farm, High Bonnybridge. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co. Ltd in 1972, closed Bonnybridge works in 1973 and closed Chapelhall in 1980. Therefore between 1972…
Found at Drum Farm, High Bonnybridge. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co. Ltd in 1972, closed Bonnybridge works in 1973 and closed Chapelhall in 1980. Therefore between 1972…
