Below – 05/11/1878 – Edinburgh Gazette – Murray and Moritz, Bathgate – partnership dissolved.
1882 – Fleming & Moritz, Brick and Tile Maker, Atlas and Armadale Brickworks, Bathgate.
07/01/1882 – Aberdeen Press and Journal – Materials for the gas works ( Aberdeen?). The following tenders have been accepted for the supply of materials in connection with the gas undertaking for the year ending 31st December 1882 … fire goods, The Glenboig Fire Clay Company, Fleming & Moritz, J & C Grieve.
(Fleming is as per the Calder Fire Clay Works)
17/11/1888 – The Scotsman – Storm damage – At the brickwork at Bathville belonging to Mr Moritz, the chimney stalk was blown down and a man named David Hepburn, an engineman, had a narrow escape, one of the bricks striking him on the head, inflicting a rather severe scalp wound …
31/07/1889 – Falkirk Herald – Brickwork for sale. The whole plant at Armadale Brickwork and the business so long successfully conducted there, is offered for sale as going concern, owing to the death of the late proprietor, Kopel Moritz. There is still about four years of the lease to run and the landlord would be willing to treat with a suitable tenant for extension of the lease. The current contracts will be continued to a suitable purchaser. All information can be obtained from Mrs Moritz, Melbourne House, Bathgate, or the subscriber, and the works will be shown by Mr Cartmill. The stock of bricks can also be had at a valuation. Offers to be sent to Mrs Moritz. Thomas Dodds, solicitor, Bathgate, Agent. 23/07/1889.
11/08/1889 – Kopel Moritz died in Bathgate aged 55 years. His son Arthur Edwin Moritz who died in Tharsis, Spain on 18/06/1907 aged 30 years is also buried alongside him.
1893 – 1894 – Fleming & Moritz. Brick and tile manufacturers, Atlas and Armadale Brickworks.
So who was the Moritz in partnership with Fleming? – If it was Kopels son Arthur then from the info above he would have only been aged 16 – 17 years old in 1893 – 1894.
Below – 1896 – Atlas Brickworks
Many thanks to Gustavo Coronel for the following information. This ‘Crater’ brick was found in lime kiln furnace No 5, Malagueño, Córdoba, Argentina. Gustavo states that bricks stamped ‘Etna’ were also found lining the furnace but no photograph is available as yet. Manufactured by the Etna or Atlas Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian. . . ….
These were found by Lindsay Townsend in Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada. Lindsay states – Cumberland BC was a coal mining town (originally called Union), which operated 8 coal mines from the late 1890s until as late as the mid-1950s. The brick I found was near to the sites of the oldest two of these mines,…
Found by John Dory at Lithgow NSW, Australia. John states – The area had several shale mines at different times. These ones are from an area that mined shale from 1890 to 1920. . . . . Below – Atlas – Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian. Below – Morningside – Morningside Fireclay Works, Newmains,…
Found by Ian Suddaby at Coatbridge. This example is not in my possession. Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian . . .
Found by Ian Suddaby at Coatbridge. This example is not in my possession. Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian . . .
Found by Julian Phillips at Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. . . . . Below – Morningside – Morningside Fireclay Works, Newmains, North Lanarkshire. . Below – Atlas – Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian. These ‘Atlas’ bricks were found alongside the ‘Morningside 01’ brick above and are likely to have Scottish origins although several…
Found at High Bonnybridge. The consensus of opinion, prior to finding this brick, is that ‘Crater’ was a trademark of the Etna/Atlas Brickworks in West Lothian. This information is detailed in this link The Bricks of Bathville and Armadale and bricks stamped ‘Crater’ have been found on the site of the old Etna/Atlas Brickworks. This…
Found by Isabel and David Fairgrieve at Bonnyside, Bonnybridge. This example is not in my possession. Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian. . . .
Photographed by Martin Leedham. These bricks form a brick floor in a small hotel in Bridgetown, Barbados. 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 Ian Suddaby on the boundary of the old Bonnyside Brickworks site, Bonnybridge. I am not in possession of this example. Manufactured by the Etna or Atlas Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian. . . Below – Brickmaking in Armadale – states that the Crater trademark was used by the Etna/Atlas Brickworks. The Survey of Scottish…
