Castlecary brickworks

Maker
Unknown
Production date
1924
 Description
View of a worker with a wheel barrow loaded with bricks entering or leaving a kiln. The kiln is in a long row. There is a square chimney in the distance. Piles of new bricks sit awaiting dispatch.
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Production date
1924
Subject person
Subject place
Allandale/Falkirk area
Castlecary Brickworks/Allandale/Falkirk area
Subject notes
John G Stein opened the brickworks in 1904. The kiln was the longest in the world at over 300 metres. Stein was born in 1862 and rose from apprentice to become the biggest manufacturer in Scotland. In 1927 he grazed his shin on a brick and died of blood poisoning.
Accession number
P09935

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