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Porth Wen Brickworks - 30th March 2017
A fascinating relic sitting on the north coast of Anglesey. The works comprise a quarry, incline and the decaying remains of brick kilns and machinery from the early 20th century. Clay of a very high silica content was found here, suitable for the manufacture of refractory bricks, which were shipped out via the quay beside the works to the steelmaking centres of the north west of England.
Unfortunately, while the factory had good access to the sea, the anchorage was exposed to say the least and it was a foolish master who allowed his vessel to linger any more than was strictly neccessary at high tide. Vessels would be barged against the quay in a heavy swell and damaged.
All raw materials, such as coal for the furnaces, had to be brought in by sea, so that when the price of bricks fell in the early 1900's, ships masters were not keen to dock by the brickworks for smaller returns which caused the works to close in 1914.
Porth Wen Brickworks - 30th March 2017
A fascinating relic sitting on the north coast of Anglesey. The works comprise a quarry, incline and the decaying remains of brick kilns and machinery from the early 20th century. Clay of a very high silica content was found here, suitable for the manufacture of refractory bricks, which were shipped out via the quay beside the works to the steelmaking centres of the north west of England.
Unfortunately, while the factory had good access to the sea, the anchorage was exposed to say the least and it was a foolish master who allowed his vessel to linger any more than was strictly neccessary at high tide. Vessels would be barged against the quay in a heavy swell and damaged.
All raw materials, such as coal for the furnaces, had to be brought in by sea, so that when the price of bricks fell in the early 1900's, ships masters were not keen to dock by the brickworks for smaller returns which caused the works to close in 1914.