The following Scottish bricks were found by Denis O’Keefe on the south-west coast of Victoria, Australia.
The Cumbernauld and Cardowan Patent were both found in the same pile of bricks on the shore.
The pile is thought to be discarded ships ballast.
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Below – Cardowan Patent – Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow.
Cumbernauld – Cumbernauld Fireclay Works, Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire.
Below – This WD brick was also found by Denis on the south-west coast of Victoria, Australia. Is it Australian or Scottish. (Note – SBH – I have found a similar brick on the shore at Bo’ness, Scotland. This was an area where ships loaded and unloaded so it may have been for export or indeed it may have been imported).
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Below – A brick stamped WD and found at Bo’ness, Scotland.
Below – Another brick found by Denis on the south-west coast of Victoria, Australia. This could well be another of Scottish origins.
Darnley – Darnley Fireclay Works, Nitshill, Glasgow (Allan Kirkwood).
Found by ‘Siang Ler’, ‘Arpichart’ and ‘Phyllis’ at the Alexandra Hospital, Singapore. Many thanks to Eng Jia Wei for forwarding the photograph. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. Below – Hurll 8.
Found by Julian Phillips at Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. Morningside Fireclay Works, Newmains, North Lanarkshire. . . . .
Found by Erica Weller in rural Humboldt County, California, USA. 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 .
Many thanks to Vladimir Smirnov for forwarding this photograph. The brick was found in St Petersburg, Russia. 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. .
Found by Karen Colpitts in Saint John, New Brunswick Canada. The bricks were part of an old lime kiln near an abandoned quarry. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . Below – The original brick structure. Photo 1932 from Michael Milburn. Below – all that is left of the kiln in 2022….
Found by Kristin Schwab on the Merrimack River in Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .
Found by Rachel Brown on an old gold mine crushing plant in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Note the thumbprint to the bottom left. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . .
The following bricks were found by Tony Millard in Antigua, West Indies. Below – Bonnybridge – Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co. Ltd in 1972, closed Bonnybridge works…
The following Scottish bricks were found by Tim Westley in and around Sydney Harbour, Australia. . . . . Below – Ferguslie Patent – Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, Paisley. Below – Gartcraig – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. Below – Hurll – Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks…
Many thanks to Gustavo Coronel for the following information. The brick was found by Jorge Villafañe at Los Hornos de la Ochoa, Malagueño, Córdoba, Argentina. There may be a thumbprint to the top right. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc…
