Cockenzie Power Station, East Lothian, Scotland.
Cockenzie Power Station, a 1200MW coal-burning power station adjoining the harbour and Prestonlinks Colliery, formerly one of East Lothian’s largest pits, was designed for the South of Scotland Electricity Board by consulting engineers Kennedy & Donkin and Strain & Roberston, and architects Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall & Partners. The contractor, Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd, commenced construction in 1962 and the station was formally opened in May 1968. Coal was supplied by rail from the newly opened National Coal Board super pits at Bilston Glen and Monktonhall. Its main buildings cover an area of 59.3 acres, half of which was reclaimed from the sea. The complex is dominated by a large rectangular steel-framed building containing the boilers and superheaters, with an adjoining hall housing the steam pressure turbines. Ash is disposed of in specially-constructed lagoons nearby at Prestonpans and the flue gases are dispersed via two reinforced concrete chimneys nearly 500 ft tall, each lined with heat-resistant brick.
Recording of the chimneys being demolished.
Following demolition, John Reid, Musselburgh managed to rescue this brick from the chimney debris.
The manufacturer is unknown.
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Below – 2 photographs detailing the construction of a chimney at Cockenzie Power Station.
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1897 – Annual report of the School Committee of the City of Boston – … New Primary Schoolhouse, Vernon street, Roxbury, additional, §14,000. — It will be noted that the next few weeks will witness the completion of several school-houses begun during the previous year, including this new Primary School-house containing ten rooms, and replacing…
Messrs Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd, Main Street, Coatbridge. Clyde Tube Works, Main Street, Coatbridge. Canmore – This building now appears to be a courthouse. Information. 22/09/1906 – Coatbridge Leader – Messrs Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd. Description of new offices. Messrs Stewart and Lloyds Limited have just completed the erection of new offices at the corner…
Many thanks to Mike Allan for the following information and photographs. Mike states – These two octagonal chimney ‘cans’ were salvaged by me from our family house at Osborne Place, Dundee (built 1869). Methven, Kirkcaldy, was in the business of both homewares and utilities. Garnkirk, Lanark, made utilitarian wares. Ours was one of 4 houses,…
Ian Suddaby states – Carrick Academy in Maybole, Ayrshire is soon to replaced with a modern community hub, school and leisure centre. The existing school was built from red brick and red sandstone in 1925 and extra accommodation was added in the 1970s. Digging work in the grounds suggests that the 1925 building was made…
Yoker Railway Station, Yoker, Glasgow aka Yoker Ferry Station. The bricks below were recovered by Michael Fallone and his grandson Max Borland at the site of the Yoker Ferry Station, Yoker, Glasgow. The outward appearance of the bricks with regards colour and texture is exactly the same but the bricks were manufactured by two completely…
Found by Drew Mitchell in the Fife area. This brick came from an internal, original wall of Drews house and is therefore dated 1892 as per the house build. Appin Brickworks, Townhill, Dunfermline. . . . .
Canmore – Exploratory excavations near the edge of the Merse have revealed an area that was either the off-loading area for the 18th-century jetty or the site of a brickworks known to be functioning in the 1750s. An unroofed structure annotated ‘Old Brick Kiln’ is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map *******************************…
The Oban Hills Hydropathic Sanatorium was a proposed Hydropathic Hotel in Oban, Scotland. Construction of the hotel began in 1881 on a hill east of the downtown overlooking the town and the harbour. Had it been completed the hotel would have been a major landmark on the Oban skyline. The hotel was never completed due…
20/02/1886 – Falkirk Herald – Field young grass, about 6 acres. Hay or grazing. Apply Thomas Burns, The Firs Brick and Tile Work. 29/01/1887 – Alloa Advertiser – For sale. Quantity of drain pipes, various sizes, house tiles and flower pots, all superior quality. Load C.R or N.B Rail. James Potter, Firs Brick and Tile…
Many thanks to Sandy Sutherland for making me aware of this as it greatly assists dating such brickmarks. The gatehouse was built in c.1864 and the bricks shown are original to the build. Red brick stamped – Allan & Mann Patent Glasgow. Buff brick stamped – Allan & Mann Govan Patent Glasgow. Below – The…
