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2095


N Tyneside


Wallsend, Mordue's Brick and Tile Works (Tyne Brickworks)


Wallsend


NZ36NW


Industrial


Brick and Tilemaking Site


Brickworks


Early Modern


C19


Documentary Evidence


In 1897 the works was using a Porter's brick making machine, prodiucing 75000 wire cut bricks a week. Output increased to 100000 a week with the installation of a Johnson's machine which used a semi-plastic process. The drying shed held up to 50000 bricks although they were dryed outside during the summer. The brickworks had 7 kilns, and was owned by Mr R Wilson who also owned a brickworks at Birtley Grange.


3057


6608


NZ30576608



<< HER 2095 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98 P J. Davidson, 1986, The Brickworks of the North East, p.61

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