The following Scottish bricks were found by David W Garcia at various locations throughout California, USA.
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Below – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, by Millerston, Glasgow. Found at an old dynamite testing site at Hercules, California.
Below – 2 x Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fireclay Works, Paisley, Renfrewshire. Found in California – the exact site unknown.
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Below – Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. It was found at the bottom of an 1880’s privy in Vallejo, San Francisco.
Below – Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fireclay Works, Paisley, Renfrewshire. It was also found at the bottom of an 1880’s privy in Vallejo, San Francisco.
Found by Hernan Capellino at Humberto Primo, Santa Fe Province in Argentina. Info and photo from Pablo Daniel Sueldo. Wilson – The exact manufacturer is unknown but it is believed to be of Scottish origins – click me . . . .
Found by Lisandro Bontini in Rosario, Argentina. Wilson – The exact manufacturer is unknown but it is believed to be of Scottish origins – click me . . . .
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. . . . James Mclaren businessman;…
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 Mik 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…
