Many thanks to Mark Schulze for the following 4 photographs taken in 2020 and information. Mark states – This brick stack (Starworks J*D Glenboig) is in Discovery Hut on Ross Island, Antartica, where I worked for the last few months. British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott built the hut just after the turn of the 20th century and it was used by several explorer teams for about the next fifteen years. I believe the guide said this stack was used for some kind of gravity experiment.
(Note – SBH – Some of the bricks have the central ‘star’ and others do not).
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Below – This original photo appears to show the same stack of bricks with a contraption of some sort sitting on top.
The following information very likely relates to the above brick structure – “In November 1902, the seismograph was moved to the main hut and was erected on a brick pillar sunk in the ground to a depth of 31cm. This was later used by Louis Bernacchi and Reginald Skelton for the pendulum apparatus used for gravity measurements” Source
Below – An original photo of the cooking stove within the hut. The brick used to build the stove also look to be Starworks Glenboig bricks.
Below – A photo taken by Mark Schulze of the cooking area in the hut again shows what looks like a Starworks Glenboig brick sitting under the flue (Bottom right).
The following bricks were found by Heather Harris. Heather states – I am located in Prince Edward Island, Canada, and there is a beach site in our capital, Charlottetown, that is covered in bricks and other building debris. The location formerly housed a hospital, called Falconwood, which was built in the 1870s as an asylum. Sadly,…
Found by Manfred Soto Diaz in Chile. Manfred states – I found some bricks here in Tierra del Fuego, specifically at Estancia Vicuña. Rawyards, Glasgow – Rawyards Brickworks, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. . . .
Found by Germán Stoessel in Estancia Solano next to Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina. Germán states – Eighty-five years ago, that place had a kiln for making cement. It also had a railroad and a nascent oil industry. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor…
Found in Gaspé, Québec, Canada by Josée Lemire. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. . . . .
Found by Louise Cathro-Dickson in Cyprus. 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 in 1973 and closed Chapelhall in 1980. Therefore between 1972…
Many thanks to Vladimir Smirnov for the following information. Vladimir states – Unfortunately, there is practically no information about this find. The brick was found in the excavation waste in the downtown area of St.Petersburg, Russia. It is in the possession of Pavel Ilatowsky, the brick collector from the Karelia region. The manufacturer of this…
Found by Jeremy Holding at Dunedin Harbour, South Island, New Zealand. Thistle brick – 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 Interestingly, although the ‘Todd’ brick was manufactured in New Zealand, Thomas Todd was…
Found by Lou Coletti. Lou states – Here is a photo of a brick I found, last spring at low water, at the old CPR shipyard in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. The shipyard operated from the 1890s to about 1960s. Several sternwheelers for travel on Kootenay Lake were assembled there in the early days Gartcraig…
Found by Karen Haggetton on the Northumberland Strait near Cape John, Nova Scotia, Canada. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .
Found by Laura Lea and Ian Wallingford while on vacation in St Martin, New Brunswick, Canada on the Bay of Fundy. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .
