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8590


Sunderland


Usworth Colliery, brickfield


Usworth


NZ35NW


Industrial


Brick and Tilemaking Site


Brickfield


Early Modern


C19


Documentary Evidence


Brickfield 1861 Manufacturer in 1926-1966 was Usworth Bricks Ltd A new brickyard was established in 1926 at Usworth Colliery, when two Belgian continuous kilns were built and connected to a 130-feet high chimney. The brickworks closed in 1966, but from 1967-71 foam-slag cement blocks were made here.


3137


5821


NZ31375821



Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 158, 159 site 20, 160

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