Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Asger Christiansen at Tybrind, Denmark. Dykehead Fire Clay Works, Bonnybridge, Falkirk. . . . .

Established in 1899, Alexandra Brickworks was the first brickyard in Singapore to produce bricks using modern machinery on a large scale. Iconic public buildings like the former National Library at Stamford Road, Tiong Bahru SIT flats and Gillman Barracks were built with these bricks. Below – “This 1956 photograph of Alexandra Brickworks show 3 tall…

Found by Adrian Boodan. Adrian states – I live in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago.  I obtained some Dykehead bricks from a nearby clay block factory where I live after they decommissioned a kiln. The kiln was constructed in 1969 and decommissioned last year. The kiln is at the Abel Block Factory at Longdenville, Trinidad,…

Found by Ian Suddaby at Mugiemoss, Aberdeenshire. This example is not in my possession. Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. GR Dykehead  – probably stands for General Refractories. (Note – SBH – A similar example found is stamped GR’s. Has the – ‘s – fallen off this stamp or is this a variation on a theme?)….

Found by Ian Suddaby at the Cowden Cleugh Colliery near Dalkeith. This example is not in my possession. The ‘4’ on the right is upside down. Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . .

Found by Ian Suddaby at the Cowden Cleugh Colliery near Dalkeith. This example is not in my possession. Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . .

Dykehead Fireclay Mine, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. 1920 – Dykehead Ganister and Firebrick Co., Ltd, (Formerly George Turnbull & Co.), Bonnybridge. Dykehead Mine – Situated at Bonnybridge, at the side of the North British Railway, Glasgow to Edinburgh line; it is 1/2 mile east of Greenhill Junction on the Caledonian Railway. Maps: One-inch New Ser. Ordnance and…

Found by Ian Suddaby at Charlestown, Fife. Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Thumbprint to bottom left. . . .  

Found by Ian Suddaby at Inverboyndie, Aberdeenshire. Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . .

31/03/1898 – Glenvault Fire Clay Mine, Dumbarton. Owner George Turnbull & Co – Accident  – Casualty Adam Taylor, (44), Overman. A spark off his naked light ignited 14lbs of gunpowder illegally stored in the mine.