Found by Paula on Prince Edward Island, Canada.
It was found near to where Sardine Canneries were once located – now long since gone.
This brick was kindly shipped back to Scotland by Paula – there will not be many bricks that have crossed the North Atlantic Ocean and back again! She sailed from Ville St Laurent, QC on 19/08/2015 aboard the Industrial Chief, landing at Hartlepool, UK on 24/09/2015.
Etna Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian.
Alternative brickworks include:
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Canada Post tracking CC211310180CA
| Date | Time | Location | Description | Retail Location | Signatory Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/09/29 | 12:14 | TD8 6JD,United Kingdom | Item successfully delivered | ||
| 2015/09/26 | 04:21 | P21971,United Kingdom | Item has arrived at the delivery office in the destination country | ||
| 2015/09/24 | 14:56 | GBCVTA,United Kingdom | International item is in transit to the delivery office. | ||
| 14:52 | GBCVTA,United Kingdom | Item has arrived in foreign country | |||
| 10:01 | GBCVTA, | International shipment has arrived in a foreign country | |||
| 2015/08/19 | 08:06 | VILLE ST-LAURENT, QC | International item being forwarded to destination country | ||
| 2015/08/13 | 06:33 | DIEPPE, NB | Item processed | ||
| 2015/08/12 | 12:11 | SUMMERSIDE, PE | Item processed | ||
| 10:30 | SUMMERSIDE, PE | Item accepted at the Post Office |
Photographed by Martin Leedham. These bricks form a brick floor in a small hotel in Bridgetown, Barbados. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co. Ltd in 1972, closed Bonnybridge…
The following bricks were found by John Gibson and to Mark Courneyea. John states – We are researching the history of a munitions factory in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, which was built in 1941, and we have almost finished a book on the factory. On a site visit a few days ago we came upon two…
Found by Gary Underhill at Goldfield, Nevada, USA. This was a surface find near the site of an 1860s bank building in Goldfield. . . . Below – Morningside – Morningside Fireclay Works, Newmains, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Found by Peter Shapter in the at Kelligrews, Newfoundland, Canada. Peter states – It was found near an abandoned railway track so it may have been in a firebox of a locomotive. If my suspicion is correct it had a firebox for coal. But it may have been converted to oil-fired in its last days…
Found by Paulo Hargreaves near the ruins of an old fort in Cabo Frio, State of Rio de Janeiro. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire. .
This Thistle brick was found by Dara and Noah Hayes on the seashore off Clontarf, Dublin. This example is not in my possession. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.
The following bricks are in the possession of Brian Latter. Brian started collecting bricks in the 1960s. He lives in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. He found many of his bricks while scuba diving in and around Corio Bay. . . . . Below – This is a photograph as forwarded by Brian. It shows bricks stamped…
This brick was found by Fred Kaesmacher in a recycling yard that stands on the site of a former sugar factory in St Kitts, Carribean. Fred states – The sugar factory was operated by the Saint Kitts Sugar Manufacturing Corporation. There was a large furnace on the site. . . . Below – ‘Dykehead’ –…
The following partial Scottish bricks were found by Caroline Small on the shores at the Port of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. . . . . Below – ‘Gartverie or Gartverrie’ – Gartverrie Fireclay Works, Glenboig. Below – Allan and Mann, Govan Patent, Glasgow’ – Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow….
Many thanks to Marco Machado for forwarding the following information. This brick was found near a power plant situated at the Patu Dam, Atintico Nordeste Oriental, Brazil. The dam was built c. 1919 – c. 1923. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic…
