View from S showing partially demolished kilns

Description View from S showing partially demolished kilns

Date 15/4/1971

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 786791

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Buccleuch Brick Works, Sanquhar, Dumfries & Galloway This shows the remains of the range of kilns from the south. By 1971 the three kilns at the far end had been almost completely demolished, and three of the nearer ones had lost their superstructures. Only the one on the extreme right still had most of its superstructure. This works closed in about 1958, but was still reasonably intact in the mid-1960s. By 1971 the kilns had been almost completely demolished, and since then the rest of the complex has also gone. Terracotta bricks were popular as they were non-porous, and did not retain soot on their surfaces. This works was established in about 1889 to make terracotta bricks. It consisted of a large moulding shop and eight large round downdraught kilns, all of which had conical superstructures, probably later additions. The clay came from quarries to the north-east and south-east on narrow-gauge tramways. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/71/31/41

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