Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Found by Tucker Kennedy on the Ayrshire coast. Unidentified maker. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but … HT = High Tension? . . .

Found in Larkhall. Note the connector lugs and recesses are located on the longest sides of this cover which is unusual as they are normally located on the shortest sides. This appears to have been manufactured to protect a very wide cable or several cables lying side by side. Unknown manufacturer but the Registered Design…

Found by Richard Comish in 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. Below – A whole example. Also found by Ian Suddaby at Limekilns, Charlestown, Fife.

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 concave/curved appearance of the underside. Most covers are flat on the underside.

Two electricity covers found by Brian Wardell 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 a 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…

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…