Below – 17/07/1907 – The Scotsman – The Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1888 – Notice of increased rates for carriage of bricks on teh railway network.
Found in Airdrie. I believe this to be a product of the Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works,Castlecary, Stirlingshire. See below for my thoughts. . . . . This FCS stamped brick was found among many similar marks in a pile of bricks in Airdrie. Also in the pile were Glenboig, Rawyards Glasgow and Glentore ( Rawyards)…
Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire FCCA – probably made for the South American railway network as per this link – Click me
Found in Glenboig Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire . Following on from the research related to this link which supplies highly probably evidence that Scottish brick manufacturing companies were manufacturing bricks for the South American railways, then I believe that…
These Scottish bricks were found along the Argentinian railway systems by Pablo Marzilio. Boghead Glasgow and 2 x Glenboig FCCA. FCCA – Central Argentine Railway. FC (railway) C (Central) A(Argentine). It was a British enterprise established in Argentina in 1863 and sold to the government in 1948. – CLICK ME ****************************************************************** Boghead Fireclay Works, Bathgate, West Lothian. …
Found by Ian Suddaby at Musselburgh This appears to have been manufactured and stamped for the London North Eastern Railways LNER – WIKI Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire
Found Drum Farm, Bonnybridge Unidentified maker. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but….. The initials may stand for some sort of Railway system in South America or India as per this link to bricks manufactured in Scotland for South American Railways – click me or similarly for Indian Railways – click me Or indeed CUR may…
Found at Drum Farm, Bonnybridge Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Although the FCC is off centre and suggests there are some missing letters, there is no hint of this so I think its complete. This is possibly yet another firebrick manufactured for part of the British owned Argentine railway system. “The Córdoba Central…
This was found at the Weir Castlecary works. It could be a Castlecary product although General Refractories took over the site in 1936 and became part of the Glenboig Union Fireclay Co. This firebrick is about 1 1/4″ thick . FCCA – probably made for the South American railway network as per this link –…
Following on from my theory that many fire bricks manufactured in Scotland were destined for the South American Railway Systems and were stamped with the initials of the individual railway companies, I also believe that some fire bricks were destined for the Indian Railway systems. The bricks in questions are GIPR I believe that GIPR…
Found at Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works,Castlecary (Weir) I believe this brickmark to say GEM IRR but it may say GEM 1 RR – also note the difference in size and shape of the last 2 ‘R’s Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works,Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Now then – yet again I think this mark could relate to this brick…
