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 the area. It is currently a new development called Puerto Norte. The Central Argentine Railway was a company of British capitals started in the year 1863″
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Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
Alternative brickworks include:
FCCA – probably made for the South American railway network as per this link – Click me
Below – Possibly FCP and possibly manufactured at Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. This brick may have been manufactured for the South American Railway network. click here.
Below – Muzzio – Possibly manufactured at Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire where a similar brick has been found.
Found by Russell & Blake Violette in Vancouver, BC, near the historic North Pacific Lumber Co mill built in 1889 by James MacLaren. Russell states – this is an arch fire brick. Tapered depth, 4 1/2 inches height and 9 inches length. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . .
Many thanks to Gerik Kik for making me aware of the following information. Preston Grange brick found in the wreck of the SS Vorpostenboot Prangenhof, stranded in 1916 at Zeebrugge, discovered by divers in 2001. Link Prestongrange Brick, Tile and Fireclay Works, Prestonpans, East Lothian. . . .
Found by Gerik Mik at Eastermar, Friesland, The Netherlands. Prestongrange Brick, Tile and Fireclay Works, Prestonpans, East Lothian. . . . .
Found by Ben Akey in the USA. Ben states – Thank you for your wonderful website! I have had the occasion to use it several times on various archaeological projects, mostly in western North America. I wanted to share a few examples of brick from Robert Brown’s operations from Paisley that I’ve found. Interestingly, the two…
Found by Fred Kaesmacher on St Kitts. Fred states – I was rummaging through a recycling yard that stands on the site of an old sugar factory (S.S.M.C., Saint Kitts Sugar Manufacturing Corporation) in St.Kitts (Saint Christopher and Nevis) and came across this brick on the ground. I know that the site had a large…
Many thanks to Katelyn Lindberg. Katelyn states – I recently visited Fort Point, San Francisco, USA and saw some “Garnkirk” bricks in the fireplaces. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . . .
Found by Harry Van Royen and others. Harry states – We found during an excavation of a former tide mill on the border between Niel and Boom, this Dougall brick. It was found near the place of the former steam engine. These bricks could have been imported on behalf of the ICGA, a London based…
Found by Barry Campbell on the south shore of English Bay near Kitslano, Vancouver, Canada. Boghead Fireclay Works, Bathgate, West Lothian. . . . .
Found by Vladimir Smirnov in St Petersburg, Russia. Prestongrange Brick, Tile and Fireclay Works, Prestonpans, East Lothian. . . . Below – P G = Preston Grange
This brick was found on a beach in Ottawa, Canada. (Finder wished to remain anonymous online). Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. .
