Tyne and Wear HER(8590): Usworth Colliery, brickfield - Details
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.
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Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 158, 159 site 20, 160