Found by Ian Suddaby in the Coatbridge area.
I am not in possession of this example.
This appears to be a fire brick. From the entry below it appears the Rosehall Colliery was mining fireclay between 1910 and 1915 so they may have also been manufacturing a few firebricks at the Rosehall Brickworks around this time.
Rosehall Brickworks, Shawhead, Glasgow. (Known as Addies Brickworks).
Below – 1910 – 1915 – Durham Mining Museum – Rosehall Colliery. Robert Addie and Sons Collieries Limited. (Note – SBH – This suggests that they were mining fireclay between 1910 and 1915).
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Graces Guide information. Graces Guide information. Below – 1881 – Advert David Colville and Sons Dalzell Steel and Iron Works, Motherwell. 23/02/1940 – Motherwell Times – I see from the February number on “Colvilles Magazine” an interesting article on “Foamed Slag” being a new product devised as a substitute for timber. Extracts from the article…
Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Rosehall Brickworks, Whiffet, Souterhouse, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. . . . .
Rosehall Brick Works, Shawhead, Glasgow. (Known as Addies Brickworks). Canmore 08/08/1895 – Glasgow Herald – For sale, horizontal engine, 10″ cylinder, pump and haulage in working order. Apply Rosehall Brick Co, Souterhouse, Dundyvan Road, Coatbridge. (Note – SBH – If the 1899 entry to follow is the start of the Rosehall Brickworks, where does the…
17/06/1820 – Caledonian Mercury – The brick s making business is now extremely flat. There are thirty-five brick manufactories within about two miles of Glasgow, of these only 10 are working and twenty-four are totally idle. Every field is supposed to produce 500,000 bricks yearly, consequently, there has been a falling off of 12,000,000 in…
Found Banknock Rosehall Brickworks, Whiffet, Souterhouse, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. . . . .
