Gartcosh brick found in Sri Lanka
— 11/02/2025This brick was photographed by Siobhan Ratchford at the The Queens Hotel, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Gartcosh Fireclay Works, Gartcosh, Glasgow. . . . .
Scottish bricks found in British Columbia, Canada
Mark Lauckner (ML) states – There was no refractory brick manufacturing industry here in BC, Canada, so those speciality high-temperature bricks were sent over from the UK as ballast in the bottom of ships. Early pioneer industries that needed high-temperature bricks seemed to prefer UK bricks instead of the kaolin fire clay bricks from the southeastern USA. A fire clay deposit was discovered on the side of Sumas Mountain in the Fraser Valley near Vancouver, and when that was developed into an industry in 1905, there was less demand for the UK bricks for local BC area furnaces and smelters.
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Below – Bamberton Cement Works, Vancouver Island
Below – The following bricks were recovered at the Bamberton cement works. Crater, Glenboig, Gartcraig and Morningside.
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Below – Hedley Gold Mine, Hedley, BC.
Below – The following bricks were recovered at the Hedley Gold Mine. Dougall and Castlecary, Glasgow.
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Below – Greenwood Copper Smelter, Greenwood.
Below – The following bricks were recovered at the Greenwood Copper Smelter. Atlas, Etna and Forth.
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Atlas, Canada, Crater, Etna, Forth, Gartcraig, Glenboig, James Dougall, Morningside Fireclay, Scottish bricks overseas
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