Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

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…

Found by Pavel Ilatovsky in the basement of an old ironworks which dates back at least 150 years. The ironworks were located in Pitkyaranta, Karelia, St Petersburg, Russia. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . .

WIKI information – The British and Tasmanian Charcoal Iron Company (BTCIC) was an iron mining and smelting company that operated from 1874 to 1878 in Northern Tasmania, Australia. It was formed by floating the operations of a private company, the Tasmanian Charcoal Iron Company that operated between 1871 and 1874. This venture was the largest of the four…

Excavations, Surveys and Heritage Management in Victoria (Australia). Volume 5 2016. Source. From the above paper, it was determined that bricks marked ‘Garnkirk Patent’ and ‘John Grieve Bankpark Firebrick Works’ were found during excavations of the Langlands Iron Foundry, Flinders Street, Melbourne which was Victorias first iron foundry and engineering firm. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk,…

There are countless references to brick and tile prices within individual pages on my website but the articles recorded here are more generic in nature. 26/07/1892 – Clyde Bill of Entry and Shipping List – Glasgow fire brick prices. Glenboig Union Fireclay Co Ltd:- ‘Star’ Glenboig bricks per 1000 – 55s Glenboig bricks per 1000…

Published in 1901. The following are the brick references contained within. Bricks are largely made from the laminated clay beds of the raised beaches and of interglacial position, as also from the boulder clay, which is cleared of stones for that purpose. The fire clay beds of the coal measures and millstone grit series afford good material for…