Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Eglinton Iron Works Fireclay Works, Kilwinning, North Ayrshire

— 08/10/2018

Eglinton Iron Fire Clay Works, Kilwinning. The Ironworks was started by William Baird & Co, in 1846, and the brickworks was on the western side of the ironworks. The ironworks prospered and had eight blast-furnaces working by 1859.  the brickworks shown on the map of 1911 is a very small one and could not have…

Portland Colliery Brickworks, Crookedholm, Hurlford, Kilmarnock

— 23/07/2017

Portland Colliery Brickworks, Crookedholm, Hurlford, Kilmarnock. Portland Ironworks owned the brickworks which lay on the other side of the Irvine River, on the site of Portland Colliery No 4 pit. The Ironworks started in 1846 and worked intermittently until taken over by the Eglinton Iron Company in 1864. Five blast furnaces worked until 1890. The…

Gargieston Brick and Tile Works, Kilmarnock, North Ayrshire

— 04/12/2016

Gargieston Tileworks were situated a mile southwest of Kilmarnock on the Troon branch of the Glasgow and South Western Railway, it was making fire brick products in 1889 when managed by Thomas Smillie. The OS map of 1911 shows a medium sized brickworks and an open quarry to the south and another to the east…