Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Mathieu Tanguay at L’isles aux Coudres Charlevoix in Canada. St Rollox Brickworks, Glasgow. . . . .

This example was found by Steve Morissette in Villes de Levis Québec, Canada. St Rollox Brickworks, Glasgow. . . . .

Found by Marie Pierre Synnott in Gaspe, Quebec, Canada. St Rollox Brickworks, Glasgow. . . . .

This brick was found by Morgan Thomas while exploring the ocean shoreline in Port Bickerton, Nova Scotia Canada. St Rollox Brickworks, Glasgow. . . . .

Found in the Armadale area, West Lothian. St Rollox Brickworks, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – If anyone knows the whereabouts of a whole example of this brick I would love to know!) . . . Below – A complete example found by Robert Banks in the Inverkeithing area.

The following Scottish bricks were photographed at the Andromeda Botanic Gardens in Barbados by Barney Corrigan. . . . . . Below – Mac Brand – Believed to be Scottish but not confirmed. Below – Starworks, Glenboig. Below – Gartcraig. Below – DB 7232 Karrena 611 / 10A AW – Dykehead Fire Brick Works, Bonnybridge…

Source WIKI – Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet who founded the eponymous company was born in 1847 in the Scottish village of Newarthill near Motherwell. From the age of seven, he worked in the nearby coal mines, leaving at 16 to become an apprentice bricklayer. Later, working for an engineer, he progressed to being foreman…

(Note – SBH – The exact location of the St Rollox Fire Brick Works is unknown. It may have been part of the St Rollox Ironworks complex. The old fire clay pit marked on the 1910 map below, which is adjacent to the St Rollox Fire Brick Works was at one time worked by the…

Found on the St. John River, Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada by Jamie Wong. It was found among numerous other Scottish bricks – click me It has now been repatriated back to Scotland. St Rollox Brickworks, Glasgow. . . Below – The brick in situation on the St John River. Below – This partial brick was…

These fantastic Scottish bricks were found on the St. John River, Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada by Jamie Wong. Gartcraig St Rollox Calder G & A – Very likely of Scottish manufacture based on this example  – also found in Canada. Bonnybridge Caledonia Dougall Gairloch x 2 – Must surely be Scottish! Caledonia Thistle . . ….