View of office of W G Patterson & Co, made of sand/lime bricks made at Ballochmyle Brick Co Digital image of B 9495/14

Description View of office of W G Patterson & Co, made of sand/lime bricks made at Ballochmyle Brick Co Digital image of B 9495/14

Date 20/6/1979

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

Catalogue Number SC 751460

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 9495/14

Scope and Content Offices of W G Patterson & Co, Ballochmyle Brick Works, Knowehead Quarry, Dumfries & Galloway Ballochmyle Brick Works was opened in 1935 at Knowehead Quarry, Locharbriggs, 3.2km north-east of Dumfries. The brick works used waste sandstone dust and fragments from the quarry to make sand/lime bricks. The brick works closed in 1977 but one quarry is still active. This shows the offices of W G Patterson & Co, which ran the quarry at Locharbriggs where Ballochmyle Brick Works was established. In such cases, it was not unusual for company buildings to be built using bricks made on site, like the sand/lime bricks used to construct these offices. Ballochmyle Brick Works employed eleven men. As well as the foreman, there were four men responsible for preparing and mixing the sand and lime while another four pressed the mixture into bricks. Also employed was a boiler man and another employee in charge of material supplies. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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