View looking North-West at kiln with drying shed above. Digital image of B 9237

Description View looking North-West at kiln with drying shed above. Digital image of B 9237

Date 20/5/1982

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

Catalogue Number SC 741492

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 9237

Scope and Content Kiln with drying shed above, 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 kiln with the drying shed above viewed from the south-east. Note the lift in the centre of the building (right) and the chute from the top floor for broken tiles. The lift was self-acting in that a full barrow going down brought an empty barrow up. The roofs are of corrugated sheet asbestos. Around half of the 16 chambers in the kiln were burned each week, with a complete round of the kiln taking about 13 days. The loft above the kiln together with the other drying sheds were capable of drying 30,000 to 40,000 pipes per week. Originally the Cruden Burn supplied the water for the works. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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