Bonnyside No. 1 Mines

aka Bonnybridge Fireclay Works

Fireclay Mine

Jan 1st, 2024 from GSG by Buddle-Bot



Midland Valley
Bonnybridge
55.992921, -3.868936
NS 8352 7935
Private Land
75m
#4,194


Mine. No open entrances (c. 2014). Extent of mine shown on closure plan (including entrance tunnels) appears collapsed with visible subsidence creating flooded pit on surface.

James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Producers of Dpougall Bricks, Silicas Fireclay Bricks and Blocks. Bomnnyside Brickworkss, High Bonnybridge.

The brickworks was situated just south of the main Edinburgh - Glasgow railway. It was started in 1884 by James Dougall and specialised in firebricks. The houses were for the workers. Brickworks were located close to supplies of clay and coal. The Bonnybridge area had an abundance of the type of clay used to make firebricks (refractory bricks), and coal. The bricks were used in furnaces and other high temperature environments.







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