Garnkirk Patent bricks found in Canada
— 24/03/2026Found by Jeannie Davis at an old tannery in Nova Scotia, Canada. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . . . .
Scottish bricks found in Canada.
Found by Meredith Gedge-Hawkins in the Ottawa River off Jacques Cartier Park in Gatineau, Quebec Canada.
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Below – Gartcraig Scotland No 1 – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, by Millerston, Glasgow.
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Below – Gartcraig – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, by Millerston, Glasgow.
Below – Glenboig –
Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
Alternative brickworks include:
- Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
- Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
Below – Caledonia – Caledonia Fireclay Works, Paisley, Renfrewshire.
Below – Hurll NWR – Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire
Alternative brickworks include:
- Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel.
(Note – SBH – Hurll appear to have manufactured bricks for the Indian Railways and it is possible that NWR stood for North Western Railway (NWR). This was a railway company in India during British rule. It was established in January 1886 under the name of “North Western State Railway” by merging the Scinde Railway, Punjab Railway, Delhi Railway, Punjab Northern State Railway, Indus Flotilla Company, Indus Valley State Railway, the eastern section of Sind-Sagar Railway, the southern section of Sind-Pishin Railway, and Kandhar State Railway. It was later renamed as “North Western Railway (NWR)”.
However, perhaps due to the find location of this brick, does NWR represents a Canadian Railway Company? – There is a Canadian Railway called Lacombe & North Western Railway (L & NWR).
Below – Hurll Glasgow – Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire
Alternative brickworks include:
- Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel.
Below – An ensemble of some of the finds. (Foster was manufactured in the NE of England).
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Caledonia Fireclay Works, Canada, Gartcraig, Glenboig, NWR, P and M Hurll, Railway Related, Scottish bricks overseas
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