Found by Ian Suddaby at Gateside Colliery near Sanquhar.
Ian states – In my experience cable covers are always standalone items but this one is clearly a modified brick. It’s 8½” long, 4¼” wide and 2½” thick. The top shows that the word ELECTRICITY was clearly added later as it has dragged through the edge of the frog. The underside has what look like striations where it’s been mechanically cored out but they’re filled with glaze and might not be. The arch profile is uneven and a faint SANQUHAR is visible in the top of the arch. It seems unlikely the word was in a standard frog that was pressed down to form the arch but if it was part of the press it should be much clearer. I’ve never seen a glazed cable cover and I don’t know why they’d bother. A couple of chips show that the fabric is a hard grey-blue colour and it must be almost impervious to water. It would outlast the cable anyway.
I am not in possession of this example.
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Found in the Sanquhar area. Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. Note the ‘G’ is a different size and style from the other letters. Note the 2nd ‘R’ in ‘Terra’ is a different shape from the first ‘R’. Note the ‘CO’ has a raised ‘O’. This brick appears to be a reshaped standard brick as…
Found in the Glasgow area by Eddie McLean. Electric cable cover. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire.
Found by Ian Watt in the Dechmont, West Lothian area. Callender Cable and Construction Co Ltd, Erith, London. Terracotta electric cable cover. Electric CC Regd no 804561 Danger Note the unexplained ‘pimpling’ .
Found by Nick Shaw in the Dingwall area. These appear to have been manufactured from a concrete /cement mix. The manufacturer is unknown but find the location would suggest Scottish origins but … Due to the find location, it is possible they were made at the Lairg Quarry and Brick Company Ltd, Lairg, Sutherland. ….
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.
