S & K Co LTD Sanquhar NB
— 23/05/2022Found by Brian Wardell near Black Esk, Eskdalemuir. Fauldhead Colliery Brickworks, Kirkconnel. . . . .
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Found at Kirkconnel.
Fauldhead Colliery Brickworks, Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire
Fauldhead Colliery at Kirkconnel was easily the largest pit in Dumfriesshire. A brickworks was opened here in 1912 by Sanquhar & Kirkconnel Collieries Limited. The National Coal Board took over in 1947 and the works remained in production until a few years after the closure of the colliery in 1969 – DS
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