Southhook Fireclay Works, Interior View showing boilerhouse

Description Southhook Fireclay Works, Interior View showing boilerhouse

Date 25/6/1969

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

Catalogue Number SC 617918

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 two hand-fired Lancashire boilers supplying steam to the winding engine, and to the brick press house. The fire doors, which acted as their dampers, can be seen, along with the water gauges (with glass protectors). The steam pressure gauge is at the top of the boiler. 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 H69/528/2A

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