Found in the Glasgow area.
Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow.
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The following bricks were found in and around the Melbourne area of Victoria, Australia. They were found by Mark Fleming and they are in the possession of Philip Lehocz, an Australian brick collector. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. and Blochairn Sand and Fire Clay Co, Blochairn, Glasgow. and Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig,…
Found by Jennifer Richardson at extreme low tide buried in the sludge under the ocean water in Tod Inlet Victoria British Columbia. Usually, the area is under 15 feet of water. There used to be an old cement factory there in the early 1900s until 50s or 60s. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, by Millerston, Glasgow….
Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. This brick was found among numerous Gartcraig bricks dumped in a landfill hole just off Gartcraig Road, Glasgow, not far from the site of the old Gartcraig Fireclay Works. It is very similar in style and colour to Gartcraig bricks and as such it is very likely…
Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Note the thumbprint to top right. Note also the difference in height of the letters especially between the ‘C’ and the adjacent ‘R’. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . .
The following Scottish bricks are in the possession of Jean Bear, USA and were found in California, USA. . . . . Below – Morningside O – Morningside Fireclay Works, Newmains, North Lanarkshire. (This may have actually been found in Reno, Nevada?) Below – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow.
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…
Found by Paul Nila in South India. Paul states “We are happy to inform you that we found some bricks engraved with ‘Gart Craig-Pressed-Glasgow’ at a dilapidated tea bungalow, mostly damaged by the attacks of elephants at Valparai in the district of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, South India. Actually my wife, Mrs Nesamani Paul, found…
Found by Brady Treneer on the St. Croix river, Robbinston, Maine, USA. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. The manufacturer of this brick is unknown but I am beginning to lean heavily toward it being a Gartcraig brick due to the volume of Gartcraigs that turn up on foreign shores. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works,…
Found by Karen Prytula in Quebec, Canada. Karen states:- The forest is near Lake Dumont, Quebec. This area was worked by lumbermen anytime between 1840 and early 1900s. Close to the pile of bricks were the remnants of a big furnace. We are not sure what the furnace was for … We think it was…
Gartcraig Scotland No 6 brick found in Rockland, Ontario, Canada by Helen Pace. Helen says ” We are a small community of under 10,000 and the town arose from the Edwards Mill in the mid to late 1800s. It is a Francophone community. Our home, a millers home, is dated approximately 1905 however, a fire…
