View from SW showing part of W front of kiln with chimney in background

Description View from SW showing part of W front of kiln with chimney in background

Date 1968

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

Catalogue Number SC 685603

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Caledonian Brick Works, Carlisle Road, Larkhall, South Lanarkshire This works was built in about 1898 to make common bricks from colliery waste, using a 14-chamber Hoffmann continuous kiln to fire them. It was one of many such works built in central Scotland from the 1880s to the 1950s. This shows one end of the 14-chamber Hoffmann continuous kiln used at the works, with the chimney which provides the draught. The arched openings gave access to the vaulted firebrick-lined interior, for loading and unloading the kiln. The works was on holiday, so the kiln was not being used when this photograph was taken. From the 1960s the common brick industry declined sharply, as house building slowed down and other materials, like mass concrete and breeze blocks took over. Where brick continued in use it was generally plastic-clay facing bricks that were wanted. This one closed in 1990 and has been demolished. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/68/5/35

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/685603

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap