View of Ruston-Bucyrus excavator, formerly owned by Alexandra Transport Co Ltd Digital image of B/9375
SC 742630
Description View of Ruston-Bucyrus excavator, formerly owned by Alexandra Transport Co Ltd Digital image of B/9375
Date 9/7/1980
Collection Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco
Catalogue Number SC 742630
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 9375
Scope and Content Ruston-Bucyrus excavator, 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 a Ruston-Bucyrus excavator which was formerly owned by Alexander Transport Company Ltd. The excavator moved on its caterpillar tracks and its shovel was controlled by a system of gears and levers. A man would sit inside the cab operating the machine. Traditionally the bricks produced by the works served a local market and even by 1980 the firm only had customers within a 48km radius. The bricks were mainly used for the construction of air raid shelters during World War II and for the building of new houses after the war. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference Neg no. 42/80/9
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