Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Rosehall Brickworks, Whiffet, Souterhouse, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. . . . .

Rosehall Brick Works, Shawhead, Glasgow. (Known as Addies Brickworks). Canmore 08/08/1895 – Glasgow Herald –  For sale, horizontal engine, 10″ cylinder, pump and haulage in working order. Apply Rosehall Brick Co, Souterhouse, Dundyvan Road, Coatbridge. (Note – SBH – If the 1899 entry to follow is the start of the Rosehall Brickworks, where does the…

17/06/1820 – Caledonian Mercury – The brick s making business is now extremely flat. There are thirty-five brick manufactories within about it two miles of Glasgow, of these only 10 are working and twenty-four are totally idle. Every field is supposed to produce 500,000 bricks yearly, consequently, there has been a falling off of 12,000,000…