Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Ian Suddaby in the Ravenscraig, Motherwell area. This example is not in my possession. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. The stamp reads either 1 or I Garnkirk. . .  

Found at the Manuel Works, Whitecross. 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 .  

Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Stamped ‘Garnkirk’ to the front. Stamped ‘Patent’ to the rear. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . .  

Found by Marcelo Soulé on the coast near Papudo, Valparaíso, Chile. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . . .  

Found by Rachel Brown on an old gold mine crushing plant in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Note the thumbprint to the bottom left. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . .  

Found by Akin Uddin at Chuadanga, Bangladesh. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . . . .  

The following bricks were found by John Gibson and to Mark Courneyea. John states – We are researching the history of a munitions factory in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, which was built in 1941, and we have almost finished a book on the factory. On a site visit a few days ago we came upon two…

Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below – The side view shows a sloping edge to one end.

The following partial Scottish bricks were found by Caroline Small on the shores at the Port of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. . . . . Below – ‘Gartverie or Gartverrie’ – Gartverrie Fireclay Works, Glenboig. Below – Allan and Mann, Govan Patent, Glasgow’ – Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow….

Many thanks to José Ignacio Aguilera Martinez for the following information. José states – I share some images of the exhibition room that I developed, about the mining history of the nineteenth century in La Higuera (Chile). In it, there are photographs of reverberatory furnaces and a series of refractory bricks, of the group the only Chilean…