View looking NE at end of 18 chamber kiln and machine wing Digital image of B 10032/5

Description View looking NE at end of 18 chamber kiln and machine wing Digital image of B 10032/5

Date 29/7/1980

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

Catalogue Number SC 744487

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 10032/5

Scope and Content Machine wing and 18-chamber Hoffman continuous kiln from south-west, Newmains Brick Works, Morningside, North Lanarkshire Newmains Brick Works Ltd started Newmains Brick Works in 1934 and operated the business until sometime after World War II when Caledonian Brick Company took over. The Scottish Brick Corporation became the owner in 1978 and ran the works till its closure on 15 February 1980. This shows part of the 18-chamber Hoffman continuous kiln (left) with the machine wing in the background. The machine wing contained pan mills that prepared raw clay for moulding and brick presses that shaped clay into bricks. 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. 49/80/5

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