Found in Fife area – JC
Clyde Ironwork Brick Work, Tollcross, Glasgow.
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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 Bill Duff in the Glasgow area. This example is not in my possession. Clyde Ironwork Brick Work, Tollcross, Glasgow. . . .
22/10/1898 – St Andrews Citizens – The utilisation of slag – A German brick making patent. An official German report, just published, contains particulars of a new process of making building bricks from furnace slag. Hitherto many attempts have been made to utilise the slag, but all have been more or less a failure, and…
Graces Guide information. Graces Guide information. Below – 1881 – Advert David Colville and Sons Dalzell Steel and Iron Works, Motherwell. 23/02/1940 – Motherwell Times – I see from the February number on “Colvilles Magazine” an interesting article on “Foamed Slag” being a new product devised as a substitute for timber. Extracts from the article…
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Clyde Ironwork Brick Work, Tollcross, Glasgow. . . . .
Found in Glasgow by CFA Archaeology Ltd between 2010 and 2011 during archaeological works in advance of the development of the Commonwealth Games Athletic Village at Dalmarnock, Glasgow. The brick was disclaimed by Treasure Trove. Clyde Ironwork Brick Work, Tollcross, Glasgow. . . . .
1858 – Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 1858 – Clyde Iron Works, Clay of coal measures. Name of freeholder – Clyde Iron Co. Manufacturer – Clyde Iron Co. Manufacture – Bricks, furnace blocks, covers, tiles, stopping clay, &c – estimated 12,000 tons annually. Below – 1859 – Clyde…
Found by Eddie McLean in Glasgow. Clyde Ironwork Brick Work, Tollcross, Glasgow. . . . .
Rosehall Brick Works, Shawhead, Glasgow. (Known as Addies Brickworks). Canmore 08/08/1895 – Glasgow Herald – For sale, horizontal engine, 10″ cylinder, pump and haulage in working order. Apply Rosehall Brick Co, Souterhouse, Dundyvan Road, Coatbridge. (Note – SBH – If the 1899 entry to follow is the start of the Rosehall Brickworks, where does the…
Found at the old Netherfield Chemical Works site, Glasgow. James Dunlop & Co, Fire brick manufacturers, Clyde Iron Works, Glasgow. . . . .
