Gartcraig brick found in New Hampshire, USA
— 19/05/2022Found by Kurtis Fusco in the River Winnipesaukee at Franklin, New Hampshire, USA. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .
Cityside Glasgow brick found in Havana, Cuba.
Cityside Brick, Pipe and Fireclay Works, Bellside, Glasgow.
This Cityside Glasgow brick was found by Asley Gerónimo, Oscar Sánchez and Osvaldo Jimenez. They found the brick in a cemetery of an old sugar mill in Havana, Cuba.
Osvaldo states – “The Mi Rosa sugar mill where it was found is located in the municipality Quivicán, Mayabeque province and is dated on the second half of the 19th century. I am attaching another picture dated at the end of the 19th century. It shows the house of the owners of the facility”.
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Below – A further photo which was forwarded by Osvaldo. 1901 photo of the Mi Rosa cemetery.
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