Found in Russia by Vladimir Smirnov.
This – example is not in my possession.
Although this brick is incomplete it is believed to say Garnkirk Warranted.
I have not as yet, found this variation in Scotland.
Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire
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Below – I believe this is the same example. This was found in Chile by Claudio A. Vergara Melian. Click me.
Many thanks to Mike Allan for the following information and photographs. Mike states – These two octagonal chimney ‘cans’ were salvaged by me from our family house at Osborne Place, Dundee (built 1869). Methven, Kirkcaldy, was in the business of both homewares and utilities. Garnkirk, Lanark, made utilitarian wares. Ours was one of 4 houses,…
The following bricks were found by Mark Lloyd at Jarrahdale, Western Australia. The bricks were located in the heritage park which used to house an old timber mill and all the workers. . . Below – Gartcraig – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. Garnkirk Patent – Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. Cardowan Patent –…
This example was found near Pitkaranta in Karelia, Russia by Vladimir Smirnov. I am not in possession of this example. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . .
This example was found near Pitkaranta in Karelia, Russia by Vladimir Smirnov. It was found at the site of an old ironworks and alongside bricks stamped ‘Cowen’ from the NE of England. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . .
The following Scottish bricks were found by David W Garcia at various locations throughout California, USA. . . . . Below – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, by Millerston, Glasgow. Found at an old dynamite testing site at Hercules, California. Below – 2 x Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fireclay Works, Paisley, Renfrewshire. Found…
Found by Peter Brook in the garden of a house in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. The house was built in 1905. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . . .
Found by Ian Suddaby in the Wanlockhead area. Gartcosh Fireclay Works, Gartcosh, Glasgow. . . . .
This brick was found by Kathleen Forward at the site of the Albion Mines Foundry in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada. Photographed by Laura de Boer. The foundry was established in 1827 and was in operation until at least 1865 and possibly as late as the 1890s. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . ….
Found by Ian Suddaby in the Leadhills area. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . . .
The following photograph was forwarded by Claudio A. Vergara Melian a Restorative Architect in Chile. The brick was found during excavations on a large house was located in the gardens of Palacio Vergara Vina del Mar, Chile. It is dated c. 1870. Claudio states ” I think they were used for a furnace to work…
