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View of Bradley and Craven extruder and de-airer.
B 9239
Description View of Bradley and Craven extruder and de-airer.
Date 21/5/1982
Collection Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco
Catalogue Number B 9239
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 741494
Scope and Content Extruder and de-airer, Cruden Bay Brick & Tile Works, Aberdeenshire Established in 1902 by a Mr Cruikshank, the works were producing 12,000 bricks per day by 1906. Field drains were also made in 1906 when 32 men and boys were employed. In 1947 the works were extended and modernised and by 1960 five million bricks a year were being produced. The works closed in 1990. This is the works' Bradley & Craven extruder and de-airer. This machine produced the clay in long columns whilst at the same time removing bubbles of air from it making it ready to be cut into bricks or tiles. Bradley & Craven were based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The company also acted as agents supplying glazed fireclay drain pipes and connections for house drainage, horse, cattle and pig feeding troughs, byre ventilation, ventilating bends, vent linings, chimney cans, lime, cement and other building materials. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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