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Southhook Fireclay Works, Interior View showing man working winding engine

SC 617908

Description Southhook Fireclay Works, Interior View showing man working winding engine

Date 25/6/1969

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

Catalogue Number SC 617908

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Bourtreehill Fireclay Mine & Works (Southhook Fireclay Works), near Dreghorn, North Ayrshire This complex had its origins in a coal mine sunk by the Bourtreehill Coal Co Ltd, probably in about 1875. The colliery closed in 1924, but the pit was retained for the mining of fireclay for the works which had been constructed on an adjacent site in 1889. This shows the right side of the steam winding engine of the clay pit, looking towards the cylinder end. The engine was built by Andrew Barclay, Sons & Co Ltd, Kilmarnock, in 1893. The engineman has his right hand on the reversing gear, and his right on the steam regulator. This fireclay works belonged to the Southhook Pottery Co Ltd. The firm was taken over by Shanks & Co Ltd in 1963, who were in turn taken over by the Armitage Group in 1969, who promptly closed the works. There were still some remains of kilns surviving in the late 1970s. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H69/527/2A

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/617908

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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Collection Level (551 147) Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

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