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— 09/10/2024Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. Note the thumbprint to the top right. . . .
Found at the Heathfield Fireclay Works.
Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow.
Note the difference sized letters.
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Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. Note the thumbprint to the top right. . . .
Found by Claudio Ernesto Rios. Claudio states – The bricks were found in the City of Zárate, Buenos Aires, Argentina. In a fridge (almost totally destroyed today) the fridge’s name was Smithfield Refrigerator of English capital, built in 1903, so I would believe those bricks were manufactured in the last decade of the 19th century….
Many thanks to Robert Clark for the following photographs and information regarding Scottish bricks found in the Ottawa area of Canada. Below – Govan – This is very likely to be Scottish and manufactured at a works in Govan, Glasgow. The exact works are unknown as there are several possibilities including Mallsmire Fire Brick Works,…
Found by Ian Suddaby in the Dumbarton area. This example is not in my possession. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . .
Found by Harley Plowman an old 1800s hotel site in New Zealand. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. Note the thumbprint. Note the upside-down ‘W’. . .
Found by Julian Phillips near Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is possibly debris from the old gas works. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. . . . .
Found near Ravenscraig, Motherwell. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. Note the thumbprint to the top right. . . .
Found by Ian Suddaby at the Heathfield Fireclay Works site. Left in situ. 28.8.4 is likely to be a date as in 28/08/1904. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . Below – The following ‘dated’ Heathfield slabs were found at the old Ravenscraig Steelworks, Motherwell. They were left in situ. Below – 20.9.3 – likely to…
Found at the old Ravenscraig Steelworks, Motherwell. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . . .
Found at the old Ravenscraig Steelworks, Motherwell. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . . .