DAB
25-06-2009, 09:05 AM
In 1897, B.J. Forder and Son opened a Fletton brickworks at Wootton Pillinge (later to be called Stewartby). The company later merged with several other companies, the main one being the London Brick Company (which had been founded in 1889). By 1936 the London Brick Company and was recognised as the largest brickworks in the world employing 2,000 and manufactured over 500 million bricks per year. In 1984, the London Brick Company was taken over by Hanson. In 2005 there were just 230 people employed at the Stewartby brickworks, and only 2 kilns and 3 chimneys in use, producing a total of 135 millions bricks a year.
More than £1 million was spent on Stewartby Brickworks in 2005-7 in an attempt to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions. This attempt was unsuccessful and the brickworks finally closed in February 2008.
If you want to find out more, a very comprehensive website about the brickworks can be found here (http://clutch.open.ac.uk/schools/marston-brickies00/website/brickworks/parentbrick.html).
Six months after closure, the site remains in fabulous condition. The yard is full of new bricks awaiting shipment.
Went here in August last year. Apparently much of the machinery has now been removed :(
More on my website (http://www.derelicte.co.uk/stewartby-brickworks)
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9775.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9783.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9795.jpg
No, I've not reversed this:
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9812.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9838.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9839.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9864.jpg
Crap
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9870.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9883.jpg
Dismissall
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9887.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9898.jpg
Obligatory Bricks
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9950.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9976.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9912.jpg
Oooh yeh, and there's these tall things that everyone can see from everywhere. There's only four left today. There used to be billions in the area
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-chim/aStewartby-9771.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-chim/aStewartby-9874.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-chim/aStewartby-9978.jpg
A kiln...
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-chim/aStewartby-9994.jpg
On top of a kiln...
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-chim/Stewartby-9901.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-chim/Stewartby-9906.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-chim/Stewartby-9938.jpg
Most to-the-point company name ever?
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-chim/Stewartby-9941.jpg
More on my website (http://www.derelicte.co.uk/stewartby-brickworks)
.
More than £1 million was spent on Stewartby Brickworks in 2005-7 in an attempt to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions. This attempt was unsuccessful and the brickworks finally closed in February 2008.
If you want to find out more, a very comprehensive website about the brickworks can be found here (http://clutch.open.ac.uk/schools/marston-brickies00/website/brickworks/parentbrick.html).
Six months after closure, the site remains in fabulous condition. The yard is full of new bricks awaiting shipment.
Went here in August last year. Apparently much of the machinery has now been removed :(
More on my website (http://www.derelicte.co.uk/stewartby-brickworks)
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9775.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9783.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9795.jpg
No, I've not reversed this:
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9812.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9838.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9839.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9864.jpg
Crap
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9870.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9883.jpg
Dismissall
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9887.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9898.jpg
Obligatory Bricks
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9950.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9976.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-main/Stewartby-9912.jpg
Oooh yeh, and there's these tall things that everyone can see from everywhere. There's only four left today. There used to be billions in the area
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-chim/aStewartby-9771.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-chim/aStewartby-9874.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-chim/aStewartby-9978.jpg
A kiln...
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-chim/aStewartby-9994.jpg
On top of a kiln...
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-chim/Stewartby-9901.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-chim/Stewartby-9906.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-chim/Stewartby-9938.jpg
Most to-the-point company name ever?
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/derelicte_dab/forum/088-chim/Stewartby-9941.jpg
More on my website (http://www.derelicte.co.uk/stewartby-brickworks)
.