Interior View of base of stoker placed on fuel hole (scale 50cm) Digital image of B/9379

Description Interior View of base of stoker placed on fuel hole (scale 50cm) Digital image of B/9379

Date 16/7/1980

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

Catalogue Number SC 742629

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 9379

Scope and Content Base of stoker placed on fuel holes, Broadlie Brick Works, Dalry, North Ayrshire Auchinlea Quames & Brickworks Ltd started Broadlie Brick Works in 1938 and operated the business until just before World War II when Broadlie Brick Company took over. A Kenneth & Sons Ltd became the owner in the 1950s and ran the business to 1978 when the Scottish Brick Corporation took over. The works closed in 1992. This shows the base of a stoker placed on a fuel hole of the 26-chamber Hoffman continuous kiln. A metal bucket containing coal would fit on top of the base and the movement of the gears allowed coal to fall through the fuel hole into the fire in the kiln below. With a Hoffmann kiln a fire was lit in the first chamber and the draught from a tall chimney drew the heat through each chamber. This system allowed bricks to be fired continuously as some chambers could be emptied or filled during the baking process. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference Neg no. 46/80/10

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File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap