Avonbridge Brickworks Interior view of continuous kiln. Digital image of B/10084/9.
SC 729940
Description Avonbridge Brickworks Interior view of continuous kiln. Digital image of B/10084/9.
Date 26/11/1979
Collection Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco
Catalogue Number SC 729940
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 10084/9
Scope and Content Interior, Continuous kiln, Avonbridge Brick Works, Falkirk The Avonbridge Brick Works in Avonbridge, Falkirk were established about 1952 by Afton Brick Co Ltd. They were operated for a time by the Caledonian Peat Co Ltd, and latterly by the London & Northern Group. The works were closed on 9 September 1977. This is an interior view of the continuous kiln. The kiln is a 28-chambered Hoffmann, and when it was surveyed in 1979, it was found to still be set with bricks marked 'A B L' and 'AFTON'. The kiln was built about 1952 and measures 13.9m by 84.5m. Conveyors were used to transport raw material around the site and the crusher at the works was a Mitchell. The works made building bricks marked 'Avonbridge', 'A B L' and 'AFTON'. A stamp marked 'AFTON BRICK' was found at the site and is now held at Falkirk Museum. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference Neg No. 37/79/9
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