Many thanks to Rick Weber for the following photographs and information.
Rick states – We live in Western Head Nova Scotia Canada in the old Western Head schoolhouse built in 1859. I have a pile of old red bricks behind a tree on the edge of the marsh on our property. My wife notice them last May when we purchased the house. I was doing some yard work today and went over to the bricks and noticed the Gartcraig brick peeking out under one of the red bricks. I pulled it out, washed it off and immediately got on the internet to research my find. I was about to send you a picture of the brick but decided to go back to the pile and have another look. I picked every red brick off the pile and found the Gartcosh bricks in the muddy marsh! I’ve also sent pictures of the schoolhouse from way back in the day and a picture of it now so you can actually place the bricks with its original home. The red bricks were not stamped.
Below – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, by Millerston, Glasgow.
Gartcosh Fireclay Works, Gartcosh, Glasgow.
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usaFound by Ian Suddaby in Scotland. I am not is possession of this example. This appears to be a section of lining for a stove or a range. It is possible that ‘Trojan’ was a trademark for a range or a stove and that these bricks were manufactured to line same. RH – Right hand….
This square cesspool or grease box was found by Jimena Valenzuela. Jimena is an archeologist and lives in Iquique, Chile. Jimena states ‘While I was digging out an excavation in Bilbao’s zone (which is a historical part of our city), I dug out a chamber that has the Gartcraig stamp. Baquedano Street in Iquique was…
The following bricks are in a collection owned by Josh Bra. They were recovered from an old garden path at a house in Chinchen Street, Islington, New South Wales. . . . Below – Gartcraig – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. Below – Glenboig – Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include:…
Found by Larie Sam M. Yanga in the backyard of a house at San Enrique Negros Occidental, Philippines. . . . . Below – Gartcraig – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow.
Found by Craig Penstone by the river in downtown Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, by Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .
Many thanks to Shayne Campbell, President & Executive Director Settlers, Rials & Trails – Argyle Museum, for permission to use the photographs of their Scottish bricks. The following bricks are in the possession of the Argyle Museum, Winnipeg, Canada. The bricks were obtained from a junkyard in Winnipeg and are believed to have been salvaged…
Many thanks to Chantal Soucy and Jean-Marie Fallu for the following photographs. These Scottish bricks were found on the Beach of Barachois, Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec, Canada. The bricks were found near two old sawmills erected around the beginning of 1900 by the Sherbrooke Lumber Co. and the Calhoun Lumber Co. There are still remnants of…
This brick was found by nine-year-old Hayden Callahan in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada. This is a fantastic example as I am unaware of any brick with a similar stamp being found. The manufacturer is unknown but what can be seen of the stamp would suggest it was manufactured in Scotland. Hayden’s mum, Kelly Crossman states –…
Professor Don Nerbas states – This Allan & Mann brick was discovered on Cape Breton Island by Amanda McNeil. It was found at the end of a sandbar (Dominion Beach) across from Lingan. The London-based General Mining Association operated a coal mine at Lingan from 1854 to the 1880s and shipped coal from Lingan Harbour…
It was found by Pauline Godbout Santerre on a beach in, Canada. . . . . Below – Bourtreehill Kilmarnock – Bourtreehill Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire.
