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 small village in the West of Sweden, almost on the Norwegian border and it’s called Åmotfors.”
Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
Alternative brickworks include:
Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel.
Found by Jörgen Everklint in Strängnäs, Sweden. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire .
This was found somewhere in Canada by Carl Larouche, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada. St Rollox Brickworks, Glasgow. . . . .
Found by Daniel den Hollander and Peter Greendyk. Peter states – On a recent field trip to an old iron furnace site, Split Rock Furnaces, in Boonton Township, New Jersey, Morris County, USA, a student spotted the remnants of a Gilmour and Kilmarnock brick near the base of the furnace. I could find none other…
Found by Franco Andrés at Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. Franco states – I’m a mechanical engineer from Argentina. I was looking for information about this brick and found your website. I’m currently working at an old technical school. The building has a boiler room, built between 1934 and 1937. One of my coworkers found some of…
This brick was photographed by Siobhan Ratchford at the The Queens Hotel, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Gartcosh Fireclay Works, Gartcosh, Glasgow. . . . .
Found by Renee-Gabrielle Boucher in Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. .
The following Scottish bricks were part of a collection owned by Ian Sneddon, New South Wales, Australia. They were all found at various unknown locations in Australia. . . . . Below – Caledonia – Caledonia Fireclay works, Paisley, Renfrewshire. Below – Gartcraig – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. Below – Inverkeithing F &…
Found by Elizabeth Flaherty at Scone, New South Wales. Australia. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . . .
Thank you to Razec Egroj for sending the photo. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire .
This brick is in the possession of Kent Murray and a label attached to it states ‘The Adolphus William Copper Mine 1870 – 1879? It is a fireclay circle brick and shows some lovely ‘kiss marks’. Cumbernauld Fireclay Works, Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire. . . .
