Inchcoonans Tile Works View showing louvred ventilators of drying shed
SC 509428
Description Inchcoonans Tile Works View showing louvred ventilators of drying shed
Date 28/4/1977
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 509428
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Inchcoonans Tile Works, Errol, Perthshire This works was built to manufacture agricultural drainage tiles, but also made plastic-clay bricks, and probably also pantiles for roofing. In 1976 it had two round downdraught kilns, one rectangular downdraught kiln and a small Hoffman brick kiln. This view shows the drying shed for drainage tiles. These were made by extruding plastic clay through a die, and at first contained too much water for firing. The 'green' tiles were stacked in this shed and dried by natural air circulation. The wooden louvres in the side of this shed could be opened and closed to control the rate of drying of the tiles. Drying them too rapidly could adversely affect their quality. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H77/17/2
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