Two electricity covers found by Brian Wardle in Northumbria.
NESCO – North Eastern Electricity Supply company OR Newcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company – Source
These are 2 lovely examples particularly with the connecting rods still being in place.
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Found by Richard Comish is Barrow in Furness. Callender Cable and Construction Co Ltd, Erith, London. Terracotta electric cable cover Danger Regd no 804561 CC Electric. Note the unexplained ‘pimpling’ Note the letter ‘G’ in danger is of a different style to the rest.
Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Unidentified manufacturer. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but…. . . .
Found by Ian Suddaby in Whitehaven. Electric cable cover warning of the cables below. The Whitehaven Brick & Tile Company Ltd was formed in 1912 and continued until at least the 1960s. . . .
Found by Ian Suddaby at Limekilns, Charlestown, Fife. Electric cable cover. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire.
Found by Tucker Kennedy in the Ayrshire area. This is an electric cable cover. Unidentified maker. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but…. . .
Found by Michael Fallon in the Glasgow area. Electric cable cover Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. Below – note the cocave / curved appearance of the underside. Most covers are flat on the underside.
Found in Broxburn by George Liddle This is a length of glazed sewer or water pipe that has been halved and was sold as electric cable or other like cable conduit. George remembers seeing some of these in situ in the ground. The bottom half is laid out and the cable run along the length…
Found in Broxburn by George Liddle This is a length of glazed sewer or water pipe that has been halved and was sold as electric cable or other like cable conduit. George remembers seeing some of these in situ in the ground. The bottom half is laid out and the cable run along the length…
Found by Stevie Lamont in the Paisley area. This is an electric cable cover. Note the lovely thumb print to the top right. This has been salt glazed to protect it as it was destined to be buried in the ground. Unidentified maker. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but….
(Note – SBH – There is some confusion regarding bricks stamped AFTON with regards their exact origins. There was the Afton Brick and Tile Works at New Cumnock, the owners of which opened a brickworks at Sanquhar in 1852 and then much later there was the Afton Brick Company Limited which operated the brickworks at…
