Found at Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works,Castlecary
J H Sankey & Son, Essex Wharf, Canning Town, London.
This may be a Scottish product. A collaboration between Weir Castlecary and Sankey hence the Scotch reference. Please see this link for my reasons – click me .
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Details of the following bricks have been forwarded by Eion Ross who lives in Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand. Eion states ” These bricks were found lying around the town, and I think they were from the local retorts which were demolished in the 1980s. The original gas works were built in the 1870s and rebuilt nearby 1939-40. I…
Found at Gartliston Works, Glenboig. Believed to be manufactured either by Eglinton Silica Brick Company or Peter and Mark Hurll, Gartliston and Garnqueen Fire Clay Works, Glenboig. . .
Found by Nicholas and Rosemary Wallace while walking in a forest at Marie-Victorin Park, Longueuil, Québec, Canada near the St-Laurent River. Castlecary – Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Crater – Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian or Etna Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian. . . . .
Found at the site of the old Etna and Atlas Brick Works, Bathville, West Lothian. Manufacturer unknown but highly likely to be a product of either the Atlas or Etna Brick Works. Found alongside Etna building bricks Atlas and Crater stamped fire bricks. It is very likely that this brickmark is incomplete. It is entirely…
Photographed in Forres, Morayshire by Karen Jane. I am not in possession of this example. Bluebell was a trademark of John G Stein. 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 silica based special…
Many thanks to Cris Pasquali for the following photographs and information. Cris states ” I found these bricks in the Northern part of my city Rosario (Province of Santa Fe) on the coast of the Parana River. From the late nineteenth century to the mid twentieth century, railway, port and industrial activities were developed in…
Found on the Atlas / Etna/ Bathville brickworks sites, Armadale, West Lothian. Unidentified maker. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but … (SBH – Note – Although I still cannot say 100% who manufactured this brick, I am in no doubt who it was manufactured for – Macbeth Brothers, Agents, Importers and Engineers, Bombay, India.)…
Found on the site of the Atlas and Etna Brick Works, Bathville. Manufacturer unknown but highly likely to be a product of either the Atlas or Etna Brick Works. Found alongside Etna building bricks Atlas and Crater stamped fire bricks. It is entirely possible that Castillo is the name of an overseas customer. . .
Found by Ron Forster in Gatehouse of Fleet. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. . . . .
Found on the old James Dougall site at Bonnyside. Clayknowes Brickworks, Greenhill, Bonnybridge. This version has letters with serifs. I wonder why they makers dropped the ‘K’ and the ‘E’ when stamping the bricks? The stamp maybe STUBAL or SETUBAL. The first and or second letters are not clear. Stubal is a town in Serbia…
