Found Armitage Shanks, Barrhead, Glasgow
(another partial EMPI was found at Coltness Iron Works)
On both the above occasions this brick was found amongst old James Dougall fire bricks.
Find location suggests Scottish origins but….(SBH – I am begining to lean towards this being a product of James Dougall & Sons, Bonnybridge)
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Below – The same stamp on a brick found on a site once occupied by a shale oil company in Broxburn, West Lothian. It was found in a field of debris with Stein and Dougall bricks.
Below – AP Green, Missouri marked his bricks Empire but I do not think this is one of his.
Below – Empire Brick & Tile Co Ltd., Aldridge, Walsall, Staffs. – Kelly’s Staffordshire Directory 1912 – See link to Brickmania
(Note – SBH – Did the Empire Brick & Tile Co Ltd manufacture fire bricks?)
Below – Empire bricks on Brocross.
Thank you to Olga Kubareva for forwarding photos and information on this brick. Olga is a director of the Museum and Exhibition Center of the KB JSC “Apatit” in the city of Kirovsk, Murmansk region, Russia. On a survey of an old mine in the Khibiny Mountains, several Dougall stamped bricks were found. The mine operated…
Found by AOC Archaeology at the old glassworks, Bath Road, Leith, Edinburgh. Hawkhill Brickworks, Restalrig Road, Leith, Edinburgh. So who is J Dougall? Possibly connected to James Dougall of Bonnyybridge? . . . Below – This is the reverse of the brick. Note the strange regular, irregular marks. Any ideas as to the caise?
Found by Gordon Wyle at Bonnyside, Bonnybridge. I am not in possession of this example. Unidentified refractory special A4. Find location would suggest Scottish origins and a potential James Dougall product. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.
Found by Ian Suddaby in East Lothian. This example is not in my possession. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. .
Found by Ian Suddaby in East Lothian. This example is not in my possession. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. .
Found by Ian Suddaby in East Lothian. This example is not in my possession. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. .
Found by Ian Suddaby in East Lothian. This example is not in my possession. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. .
These bricks were found by Colin and James Smith in a wooded area near Oxtongue Lake, Ontario, Canada. The property has been a farm and a sawmill for the last 170 years and probably predates the village. Below – James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Note the two…
The following bricks were found by Rody McBrearty at at Miguasha Point, Quebec, Canada. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . .
The following Scottish bricks are in the possession of Jean Bear, USA and were found in Newfoundland, Canada. . . . . Below – Gartcraig – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. Below – Glenboig M – Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay…
