Southhook Fireclay Works, Interior View showing part of winding engine
SC 617912
Description Southhook Fireclay Works, Interior View showing part of winding engine
Date 25/6/1969
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 617912
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Southhook Fireclay Works (Bourtreehill Fireclay Mine and Works), 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 winding engine of the clay pit. The engine was built by Andrew Barclay, Sons & Co Ltd, Kilmarnock, in 1893. The device in the right corner is a governor to prevent winding at too high a speed. 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 it. There were still some remains of kilns in the late 1970s. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H69/527/2B
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