Pricing Change
New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered.
General view of continuous kiln.
B 10084/8
Description General view of continuous kiln.
Date 26/11/1979
Collection Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco
Catalogue Number B 10084/8
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 729934
Scope and Content Kiln, Avonbridge Brick Works, Falkirk The Avonbridge Brick Works in Avonbridge, Falkirk were established about 1952 by Afton Brick Co Ltd. They were operated for a time by the Caledonian Peat Co Ltd, and latterly by the London & Northern Group. The works were closed on 9 September 1977. This is a view of the continuous kiln, which is a 28-chambered, brick-built and barrel-arched Hoffmann. Each chamber has a wicket, or entrance, and a damper, which controlled the flow of air and gases into the main flue. The Hoffmann kiln was patented in 1858, and by 1873 it was said that over 1,000 Hoffmann kilns were operating in Europe. Fuel is dropped into the kiln through up to 16 feed-holes in the arch of each chamber. Coal was the most common fuel to be used in the kiln, with oil and gas becoming more usual after 1945. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference Neg No. 37/79/8
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/437492
Attribution: © RCAHMS
You may: copy, display, store and make derivative works [eg documents] solely for licensed personal use at home or solely for licensed educational institution use by staff and students on a secure intranet.
Under these conditions: Display Attribution, No Commercial Use or Sale, No Public Distribution [eg by hand, email, web]
