Buccleuch Brick Works, Sanquhar View from N showing NNW front of drying shed and partially demolished kilns

Description Buccleuch Brick Works, Sanquhar View from N showing NNW front of drying shed and partially demolished kilns

Date 15/4/1971

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 2171815

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Buccleuch Brick Works, Sanquhar, Dumfries & Galloway This shows the remains of the four southernmost kilns from the north-east, at various stages of demolition, with the moulding shop on the left. The area in the foreground was probably the stockyard. This works closed in about 1958, but was still reasonably intact in the mid-1960s. By 1971 the kilns had been almost completely demolished, and since then the rest of the complex has also gone. Terracotta bricks were popular as they were non-porous, and did not retain soot on their surfaces. This works was established in about 1889 to make terracotta bricks. It consisted of a large moulding shop and eight large round downdraught kilns, all of which had conical superstructures, probably later additions. The clay came from quarries to the north-east and south-east on narrow-gauge tramways. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/71/31/35

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2171815

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