This example was found on the site of the old Jenny Lind Brickworks, Near Motherwell, Lanarkshire adjacent to the old site of the Ravenscraig Steel Works.
Unfortunately, the stamp is poor quality and may indeed have been stamped ‘T. Wragg Sheffield’
This was manufactured in England but the ‘LAN’ reference denotes that is was manufactured specifically for a works in the Lanarkshire area and very likely the Ravenscraig Steelworks and as such, I have created this page because of the Scottish interest.
Thomas Wragg Refractories, Loxley Valley, Sheffield.
Thomas Wragg and Sons, fire brick manufacturers, Storrs Fire Clay Works, Loxley.
Thomas Wragg, Swadlincote, Burton on Trent
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Below – 1938 – Advert Thomas Wragg and Sons (Sheffield) Ltd. Sleeves, nozzles and stoppers.
A substantial collection of silica fire bricks from steel-making furnaces have now been recovered from a dump site to the rear of the Dalzell Iron and Steelworks, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. All appear to predate the Ravenscraig Steelworks by around 50 years. Cartographic evidence shows that spoil from the Dalzell Iron & Steel Works and possibly…
This example was found on the site of the old Jenny Lind Brickworks, Near Motherwell, Lanarkshire adjacent to the old site of the Ravenscraig Steel Works. This was manufactured in England but the ‘RAV’ reference denotes that is was manufactured specifically for the Ravenscraig Steelworks and as such, I have created this page because of…
Canmore 1852 – Gavin Pettewgrove (Pettigrew?), brick and tile maker, Cambesnethan. (Note – SBH – I am not certain this entry relates to the Allanton Works but I have detailed it here meantime to ensure it is recorded). 12/01/1855 – Glasgow Herald – Royal Patriotic Fund, Lanarkshire. Contributors – Allanton Brick and Tile Work. 1858…
Below – 1910 – Ravenscraig Sand Pit and Quarry. Could the Ravenscraig Brickworks be sited somewhere in this quarry? 12/12/1914 – Hamilton Advertiser – Sand and Brick – Sand for steel and ironworks, iron founders, coalmasters, builders, plasterers and others of finest quality. Composition and clay bricks supplied in trucks from Ravenscraig Sand Quarry &…
Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow – This should be read in conjunction with the post on the Heathfield Fireclay Works. Canmore Cardowan and Heathfield Works. The first of these works, belonging to Messrs. John Young and Son, was built in 1852 by Messrs. John Hurll and John Young, previous to that time of the…
Cardowan and Heathfield Works. The first of these works, belonging to Messrs. John Young and Son, was built in 1852 by Messrs. John Hurll and John Young, previous to that time of the Garnkirk Company. The clay is the Garnkirk seam and is of much the same character as the Stourbridge clay. The Heathfield Works…
