Gartcraig found in Lahaina, Maui by James Craft
Seen at the mini-market mall area in Lahaina, Maui. The ones in Lahaina were in one of the two giant smokestacks that were once part of a sugar cane refinery. They tore the one down and used the firebrick in Lahaina. The other smokestack was preserved with funds from local donations.
Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow
This example was pictured in Barbados along with a good handful of other Scottish bricks. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co. Ltd in 1972, closed Bonnybridge works in…
Found by Ramon Helgers on the Island of Aruba, Venezuela. These bricks form part of a terrace or patio at Ramons home. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co….
Found by Magnus Eriksson in Amotfors, Sweden ” It may have been a building at the place long ago or maybe it’s just a place where they dumped construction material. This factory is from 1896 and been rebuilt many times, maybe there was another factory here before that. The paper mill is located in a…
The photograph is depicted in a book entitled “And so we graft from six to six” by Warwick Gemmell. This brick was found in New South Wales, Australia. I am not in possession of this brick. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. I am uncertain as to what the GEC & S refers to. Also…
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…
Found by Pat and Janet Railsback in Ireland. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. . . . .
Found by Pat and Janet Railsback in the Republic of Ireland. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. . . . .
This brick was found in Iceland and photographed by Halldora Blair. Gartcosh Fireclay Works and Gartcosh Silica & Fire Clay Works, Glasgow . . . .
G & A Scotland or possibly C & A Scotland. Found on the shores of the Northumberland Strait near Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada by Natacha Soliman. The maker is unidentified. The brickmark would suggest Scottish origins but … There is the distinct possibility that this fire brick was manufactured in Scotland for an overseas…
The following Scottish bricks are in a collection held by Craig Powell. Craig lives in Merredin, Western Australia. Below – A Nettle stamped brick. This is a product of John G Stein. This brick was found in the Swan River smack in the middle of Perth. An area that was reclaimed riverside land that had…
