Found by Fabrizio Morelli in the foundations of his house at Huinca Renanco, Córdoba, Argentina.
The house was built in 1927.
Below – BAP Forth – Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.
I believe this brick is manufactured for the South American Railway network. click here.
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Below -BAP = Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway.
“LGSM” is an unidentified manufacturer and stamp. It is a fire brick and looks very similar in design, colour and style to the ‘BAP Forth’ brick. The ‘ L. G. S. M. ‘ brick could easily have been manufactured here in Scotland too, particularly as both bricks were found together. I suspect that ‘L. G. S. M.’ will be the customer’s name. I suspect the customer will be Argentinian.
There is a town in Argentina called “Libertador General San Martin” which has a railway station.
There is also the General San Martin railway – “Ferrocarril General San Martin“, named after the Argentine hero José de San Martín, which is part of the Argentine railway network. With a wide gauge (1676 mm), it starts from the Retiro railway terminal, in the city of Buenos Aires, and heads towards the west of the country, crossing the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba, San Luis, Mendoza and San John. It was formed when the railways were nationalized between1946 and 1948, occupying tracks that belonged to the Buenos Aires Pacific Railway, (BAP), owned by the British capital.
The San Martín Railway has its origins in the ” Buenos Aires to the Pacific Railway ” company established in London on October 10, 1882, with the aim of building a railway from Mercedes ( province of Buenos Aires ) to Villa Mercedes in the Province of San Martín. Luis, splicing its rails there with the Ferrocarril Andino. The entrance to the Federal Capital was initially carried out through the tracks of the Western Railway (Today FC Sarmiento). Later the Ferrocarril al Pacífico would build its own access to the Capital and would extend its services by incorporating new branches and acquiring other companies.
Later, the San Martín Railroad tracks were operated by the Latin American Logistics companies of Brazil, Buenos Aires to the Pacific.
Brian Tarbuck states this brick was found in Augusta, Maine, USA while replacing a water pipe. Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow. Mallsmire Works, Myrtle Park, Crosshill, Glasgow. ,
Found by John Barnard at Fitzroy, Falkland Islands. 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 highlighting this brick to me which was found in the vicinity of the St. Petersburg Region, Gatchina Region, Russia by a brick collector, Alexander Korolev. It was discovered the stove of a private house. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein &…
Found by Glyn Harrison at an unknown location in New Zealand. This example is not in my possession. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. The reference to Bigelow on this special undoubtedly refers to the Bigelow Arch Company of Detroit, USA. Bigelow-Liptak Corporation was originally incorporated in 1927 with the merger of the Bigelow Arch Company of…
Found by Ken Sousa in Massachusetts, USA. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .
Found by Claudio Ernesto Rios. Claudio states – The bricks were found in the City of Zárate, Buenos Aires, Argentina. In a fridge (almost totally destroyed today) the fridge’s name was Smithfield Refrigerator of English capital, built in 1903, so I would believe those bricks were manufactured in the last decade of the 19th century….
Found by Patricio Peralta in an old bakery, Lincoln, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. “Calder British Made”. 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…
Found by Senja Salmi in Sääksjärvi, Mäntsälä, Finland. Senja states – We are not sure how old this house is but at least about 100 years old and it was built by the last blacksmith of this village. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire….
Found by Hans Nilsson in the sea at Furuögrund, Sweden. Hans states – The brick was found in Furuögrund north of Skellefteå. Furuögrund was the port where wood products from the area where produced and shipped. At many places ballast was left. The ballast, usually stone not found in Sweden…like flint and sometimes even a…
Found by Sarina Martin in Bremerhaven, Germany. Prestongrange Brick, Tile and Fireclay Works, Prestonpans, East Lothian. . . . .
