Found by Ian Suddaby in Bonnybridge adjacent to the old Bonnybridge Silica and Fireclay site.
This example is not in my possession.
The manufacturer is unidentified.
The find location would suggest Scottish original but it is thought that APGR will stand for AP Green refractories. This was an American company but it had many links to the UK. It also bought out the Douglas Firebrick Company, Dalry, Ayrshire. It also had links to Dyson Refractories the company that took over James Dougal and Sons, Bonnyside Fireclay Works, Bonnybridge.
So is this brick an American import or did APGR stamp the bricks as such when they took over the Douglas Firebrick Works.
The following bricks were found on the D’day beach Juno, Normandy, France by Jean luc Marchais. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. The B & W probably refers to Babcock and Wilcox who made boilers for ships. . . Below – Castlecary B & W ?62. Below – AP Green Mexico MO B 2123?…
This fire brick was found by Francis Caven on the Brassie Shore, north shore heading towards Irvine, Ayrshire. AP Green, Missouri, USA bought the Douglas Fire Brick Company, Ayrshire from the Morgan Crucible Group in 1970. (Note – SBH – So was this brick an import or was it made in Ayrshire after the takeover…
Found at Ardrossan, Ayrshire among many a Douglas fire brick. AP Green, Missouri, USA bought the Douglas Fire Brick Company, Ayrshire from the Morgan Crucible Group in 1970. (Note – SBH – So was this brick an import or was it made in Ayrshire after the takeover – It is however believed that the AP…
The following information is sourced from a publication entitled “Casting pit refractories and special fireclay shapes” J & J Dyson Limited. Printed c. 1960. In this catalogue monolithic materials, plastics and cements, produced by AP Green, are detailed. It is not known what the connection was between the two companies. Dyson Refractories, 482 Attercliffe Road,…
During 2014, I found a Carbofrax brick on shores of the Firth Of Forth, Nr Edinburgh. I suspected this to be of American origins and Jim Graves, IBCA confirmed this in his ‘Don’t ask me’ page. Carbofrax® is a registered trademark used for furnace-linings, fire bricks and blocks, and bulk material for use In making…
Canmore Douglas Firebrick Company Limited, Dalry – Source Kenneth W Sanderson. William Douglas, a master blacksmith, and his wife Janet had a son, John, born at Moorhouses, Stevenson, in 1822. John grew up in the clay industry and became the manager of the Corse-hill Tile Works, Dreghorn, where on 4th May 1855, his eldest child…
