View from South. Digital image of B 9308

Description View from South. Digital image of B 9308

Date 4/3/1980

Collection Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco

Catalogue Number SC 730878

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 9308

Scope and Content Staffordshire transverse arch kiln and blowing engine house from the south, Dunaskin Brick Works, Waterside Iron Works, Dalmellington, East Ayrshire The Dalmellington Iron Company founded the iron works at Waterside in 1847. The works were bought in 1931 by William Baird & Company Limited who established a new firm called Baird & Dalmellington Limited and built the brick works. The brick works closed in 1976. This shows the Staffordshire transverse arch kiln in the centre with its chimney behind and part of the blowing engine house on the right. The arches on the ground floor of the kiln were entrances to the 14 connected chambers which were heated to 1,100-1,200°C by an under-floor heating system. Up to 16,000 bricks were fired for two weeks in each chamber. The main features of a Staffordshire transverse arch kiln are dampers, flues and transverse arches. Dampers controlled the fire and flues improved air circulation. Transverse arches increased the amount of bricks that could be baked in the chamber because the arch lay across the flow of the fire which meant that they did not have to be a set length. Originally the blowing engine house was where cast iron would have been produced but when the iron works became a brick works it was converted to house brick presses. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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