View looking NE showing W corner of 26 chamber kiln (built 1937) Digital image of B 10019/4

Description View looking NE showing W corner of 26 chamber kiln (built 1937) Digital image of B 10019/4

Date 8/9/1980

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

Catalogue Number SC 744037

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 10019/4

Scope and Content 26-chamber kiln from south-west, Roslin Colliery & Brick Works, Midlothian Shotts Iron Company Ltd started Roslin Brick Works in the 1930s and operated the business until 1947 when the National Coal Board took over. The Scottish Brick Corporation became the owners in 1969 and ran the business until its closure on 31 December 1977. This shows the west corner of the 26-chamber Hoffmann continuous kiln built in 1937 by Cleghorn of Newmains. This was the first kiln built, the second being a 12-chamber Hoffman continuous kiln built in 1953. The conveyor on metal supports to the left of the photograph was used to transport bricks around the site. 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. 60/80/4

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