Found at the Heathfield Fireclay Works.
Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow.
This brick has been salt glazed to all surfaces.
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Found at Heathfield Fire Clay Works. Note the thumbprint to the top right which has slightly deformed the ‘S’. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Heathfield, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Cardowan Fireclay Works, Lanarkshire. .
Found at Heathfield Fire Clay Works. This is stamped to both sides. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. . . . .
Found at the Heathfield Fireclay Works, Muirhouse. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Heathfield, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Cardowan Fireclay Works, Lanarkshire. . .
This Cardowan Patent brick was found by Alexander Prescott Hernandez – Williams, (9 years), by an old mill site in Holden, Massachusetts, USA. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. . . . .
These bricks were found by Garry Bell in NE Victoria, Australia. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. . . . . Below – Gartcraig brick found in an old farmhouse, Beechworth, Victoria. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow.
The photograph is depicted in a book entitled “And so we graft from six to six” by Warwick Gemmell. This brick was found in New South Wales, Australia. I am not in possession of this brick. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. I am uncertain as to what the GEC & S refers to. Also…
The photograph is depicted in a book entitled “And so we graft from six to six” by Warwick Gemmell. This brick was found in New South Wales, Australia. I am not in possession of this brick. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. I am uncertain as to what the GEC & S refers to. Also…
The following bricks are depicted in a book written by Warwick Gemmell and entitled – “And so we graft from six to six”. It describes the brickmaking history of New South Wales, Australia. The following Scottish bricks feature as being imported into NSW. GEC S Cardowan (Note – does anyone know what GEC & S…
Found at the Heathfield Fireclay Works. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. Note the difference sized letters. . . .
Once again, many thanks to Chris Pasquali and her colleagues for letting me know about these latest Scottish brick finds. They were found in Villa Ana Factory and Mocoví Factory, Province Santa Fe, Argentina. Villa Ana, Villa Guillermina, La Gallareta y Tartagal were “company towns” built with foreign capital for the production of tannin extract from the exploitation…
