Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. 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 . . .
This is in the possession of John Ballantyne. It is a roll of plastic tape. John states – I think ram mix was the clay mix used to seal the tap hole of the blast furnace after the cast was completed. There was quite a bit of research/trialling done to get the mix ‘fit for…
Found by Ian Suddaby at the Manuel Brickworks, Whitecross. This example is not in my possession. The stamp is stencilled onto the brick. Unidentified manufacturer but this is very likely to have been manufactured on site by JG Stein or GR-Stein etc. . .
Found on the site of the old Manuel Brickworks, Whitecross. Ian Suddaby states – A KROMAG brick was found last weekend and I thought this was an American import to Scotland. That was based on the Kromag name being registered to an American company, E. J. Lavino & Co. and a picture of a near…
The following fire brick core samples were rescued by Joan Faithfull in 2001 when the Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross closed down. They were generously donated to my collection by Joan’s husband, Monty Faithfull and her son, John Faithfull. Such core samples would be sent to the GR-Stein laboratories for tests and analysis. The…
Found at Bo’ness, Firth of Forth by Gordon Wyle. I am not in possession of this example. Find location suggests Scottish origins but….. I believe the ‘spin’ stands for spinel or spinella. MC – May refer to Magnesium Chrome as per “Heretofore, under those techniques conventionally utilized, some of the above-mentioned characteristics have been met…
Found at Bo’ness, Firth of Forth Find location suggests Scottish origins but….. I believe the ‘spin’ stands for spinel or spinella. MC – May refer to Magnesium Chrome as per “Heretofore, under those techniques conventionally utilized, some of the above-mentioned characteristics have been met by the available refractory bricks. However, a combination of all four…
Found at the old site of the Jenny Lind Brickworks, Motherwell adjacent to the old Ravenscraig Steelworks site. Spinella was a trademark of General Refractories (GR) and manufactured at their Worksop Works. When GR and John G Stein and Co amalgamated (GR-S) it is likely that Spinella bricks continued to be manufactured at Worksop but…
Found at Bo’ness, Firth of Forth. Find location suggests Scottish origins but….. I believe the ‘spin’ stands for spinel or spinella. MC – May refer to Magnesium Chrome as per “Heretofore, under those techniques conventionally utilized, some of the above-mentioned characteristics have been met by the available refractory bricks. However, a combination of all four…
Found at Bo’ness. Find location suggests Scottish origins but….. I believe the ‘spin’ stands for spinel or spinella. MC – May refer to Magnesium Chrome as per “Heretofore, under those techniques conventionally utilized, some of the above-mentioned characteristics have been met by the available refractory bricks. However, a combination of all four characteristics has not…
