Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Jeffrey Valli on the railroad tracks in Truro, Massachusetts, USA. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .

Found by Theresa Wentzell on Oxner’s beach Riverport, Nova Scotia, Canada. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .

Found by Ray Thorn at Grandbay, New Brunswick, Canada. Note the thumbprint to the top right. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .

Found by Len Baird in East Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA. Len states – I have found GartCraig brick pieces in East Lebanon, New Hampshire at the remains of a former slate mill from the mid-19th century.  It is immediately adjacent to what used to be the Northern Railroad which came from Boston up through New…

Many thanks to Debbie Clipperon for the following information. Debbie states – In the 1800’s our village was pretty much settled by Scottish settlers and shipbuilding and lumber were our main industries. (Gone now) but the story goes, that the sailing ships would come and go from Scotland, full of broken bricks for ballast, dumped…

Many thanks to Steve Wraith for the following information. Steve states – My family and I went camping for the weekend, my father-in-law located a pile of bricks on the dried-up bottom of a lake in the Interior of BC called Sugar Lake., Canada. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . .

Found by Wayne Stone in Monroe, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This example is not in my possession. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – I believe the stamp is Gaskil as opposed to Caskil. I believe Gaskil may refer to a ‘shortened’ version of Gas Kiln. This is only a theory…

Found by Wayne Stone in Monroe, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Waye states – The property was once a shipyard, run by my ancestors, that built wooden ships for several decades up to 1947. The shipyard closed at that time. It was a steam-driven mill operation so I assume that the Gartcraig bricks were fire bricks as…

Many thanks to Jaya Pargade-Klitzke for sending the photograph and information. Jaye states – I am a French master’s student, part of a European master’s degree on industrial heritage (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Universita degli studi di Padova, Universidade de Evora). I am currently working on a cableway in Chilecito, La Rioja, Argentina (Cablecarril…

Found by Peter Churchill at an old gold mine situated at Port Dufferin, Nova Scotia. Canada. . . . . Below – Gartcraig – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. Below – A broken Gartcosh brick – Gartcosh Fireclay Works, Gartcosh, Glasgow.