Found by Tucker Kennedy in the Ayrshire area.
This is an electric cable cover.
Unidentified maker.
Find location would suggest Scottish origins but….
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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 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.
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. . . .
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….
Found Guardbridge, Fife. Callender Cable and Construction Co Ltd, Erith, London. Terracotta electric cable cover Danger Regd no 804561 CC Electric. . . Below – a Callender Electric brick or indeed a variation on an electric cable cover.
Found Guardbridge, Fife Callender Cable and Construction Co Ltd, Erith, London. Terracotta electric cable cover Danger Regd no 804561 CC Electric. . . Below – Electricity covers found by Brian Wardle in Northumbria. This appears to be a Callenders Cable & Construction Ltd product but without the trademark being stamped.
Found at the old Lee / Scottish Terracotta Brick Works site, Carluke The maker is unknown Find location would suggest Scottish origins but… I believe this to be an electric cable cover. There are 2 broken sections and the stamp ends ITY – Electricity? The colour and appearance of the fired salt glazed clay is…
Found Clydebank, Glasgow Callender Cable and Construction Co Ltd, Erith, London. Terracotta electric cable cover Danger Regd no 804561 CC Electric. Note the unexplained ‘pimpling’ Below – The same stamp on a larger product and note the Reg no reference is in reverse to the ‘Danger Electricity’. Below – a Callender Electric brick or…
