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View of East side of kiln. Digital image of B 9245
SC 741468
Description View of East side of kiln. Digital image of B 9245
Date 27/5/1982
Collection Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco
Catalogue Number SC 741468
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 9245
Scope and Content Kiln, 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 shows the east side of the kiln which is a 'dross'-fuelled (coal) Hoffman kiln with 14 chambers. Bricks were set at the bottom and pipes at the top. Cruden Bay was the only works in Scotland to use the space above the continuous kiln for drying, but by 1978 the products were dried in hot air drying sheds. According to the company brochure of 1950 the works produced 'common' red bricks in two sizes, an assortment of specialised 'common' red bricks, rybay bricks, boil topers, agricultural drain tile pipes and milled clay. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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