Many thanks to Robert Clark for the following photographs and information regarding Scottish bricks found in the Ottawa area of Canada.
Below – Govan – This is very likely to be Scottish and manufactured at a works in Govan, Glasgow. The exact works are unknown as there are several possibilities including
Mallsmire Fire Brick Works, Polmadie, Govan, Glasgow
and
Govan Colliery Brickworks, Polmadie, Glasgow.
Robert states – This one is from near a steam-powered pump house that supplied water to the Parliament buildings. It was built in 1865. The building was used for different purposes until sometime between 1910 and 1920, when it was demolished.
Below – The following bricks were found at Skead’s Mill site in the west end of Ottawa.
Robert states – It was a steam-powered sawmill built in 1869, reopened in 1873 after a fire, and burnt down again and for good in 1888. The bricks were all found in the boiler house. There were 8 boilers insulated with the bricks and fueled with sawdust and scraps from the milling operation.
Cardowan and Cardowan Patent – Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow.
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Below – Heatheryknow Patent Glasgow – Heatheryknowe Fire Clay Works, Glasgow
Below – Clyde – Clyde Ironwork Brick Work, Tollcross, Glasgow.
Below – A map of Skead’s Mill.
Robert states – I also attach an aerial shot of the footprint of the building on the site. Blue is wood construction and red stone construction. The four big stone piers in the sawmill building were foundations for the saws. The water on the left is the Ottawa River.
Below – Starworks Glenboig – Found at the Gilmour Hughson Mill site.
Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
Alternative brickworks include:
Below – 2 x ‘Gartcraig Scotland’ variations – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. Found on the Gilmour-Hughson mill site.
The bottom brick looks like a ‘Webster’ – possibly Webster Fire Brick Co as owned by Harbison-Walker Refractory Co, USA.
Below – ‘Hurll Glasgow and ‘Gartcraig’. The ‘GO’ may be another Govan stamped brick. Found on the Gilmour-Hughson mill site.
Hurll – Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
Alternative brickworks include:
Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel.
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Julkia Rizzi states this Thistle brick was photographed as part of a coal-burning fireplace in a house in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire . .
Found by Ken Sousa in Massachusetts, USA. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .
Found in the Bo’ness area. I am not in possession of this example. Although this is broken there is little doubt it was stamped 60 – 69 and was a circle brick. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel.
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. (Note – SBC – the letter ‘U’ is slightly smaller than the rest. It is believed that this stamp may have been used by a specific moulder or…
Found by Travis McIntyre and his sister Kim on the Kennebec River, Augusta, USA – next to Fort Western. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .
Found by Mark Weston in a burned-out house in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California, USA. Heatheryknowe Fire Clay Works, Glasgow. . . . .
The following bricks were found in Suriname, South America by Marnix (John) Visser. Marnix states – I have found several bricks on an old Scottish plantation in Suriname South America with the name Waterloo and located in Nickerie at the border with Guyana. James Balfour was the plantation owner. . . Below – Hurlford –…
Found by Michèle Côté and Marc Trudel on the beach along the Gaspé shore of Percé, Québec Canada. The ‘Gartcraig’ brick is most definitely Scottish. It was found near to a brick stamped ‘Vulcan’ which may also be Scottish as ‘Vulcan’ is a trademark of Campbell & Co, Roughcastle Fireclay Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. (However, ‘Vulcan’…
Found by Harley Plowman an old 1800s hotel site in New Zealand. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. Note the thumbprint. Note the upside-down ‘W’. . .
Found by Joe Fletcher at “Turonville” in Tarana, NSW Australia. The property is a farm dating back to the 1850s. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .
