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View of bank of kilns from S. Digital image of AN 2247.
SC 740894
Description View of bank of kilns from S. Digital image of AN 2247.
Date 1971
Collection Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco
Catalogue Number SC 740894
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AN 2247
Scope and Content Kilns, Anniston Brick & Tile Works, Angus, looking north-east Anniston Works, founded on its original site in the mid-19th century, was closed in the late 1960s. Anniston made roof, floor and drain tiles as well as flower pots and extruded bricks. The raw material used was local clay extracted from open-cast clay pits beside the works using a Parker Excavator. This shows the late 19th-century intermittent kiln, consisting of four chambers, and its tall, brick-built chimney. To the left is part of the drying shed which was heated by the waste heat from the kilns. This drying shed was built in the mid-20th century and its predecessor converted to provide workshops and offices. Intermittent kilns, though not fuel efficient, offer a higher degree of control over firing than the more modern continuous kilns and are better adapted to firing products in small quantities. Kilns operate at very high temperatures, causing a chemical reaction in ceramic products which greatly increases their strength. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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