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'''To Mangotsfield''': [[Mangotsfield North]] | |||
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== History == | == History == | ||
Manufacturing ceased at Shortwood in [[1969]] although clay was still extracted for use at the Cattybrook works near Almondsbury. The buildings were demolished in [[2000]]. | Manufacturing ceased at Shortwood in [[1969]] although clay was still extracted for use at the Cattybrook works near Almondsbury. The buildings were demolished in [[2000]]. | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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Image:Shortwood Brickworks1.jpg|The brickworks as viewed from the railway alignment. Beyond the buildings at the rear was a narrow gauge railway that connected the brickworks to a claypit. The claypit supplied the materials for the works. ''© Clive Moore'' | Image:Shortwood Brickworks1.jpg|The brickworks as viewed from the railway alignment. Beyond the buildings at the rear was a narrow gauge railway that connected the brickworks to a claypit. The claypit supplied the materials for the works. ''© [[:Category:Clive Moore|Clive Moore]]'' | ||
Image:Shortwood Brickworks2.jpg|''© Clive Moore'' | Image:Shortwood Brickworks2.jpg|''© [[:Category:Clive Moore|Clive Moore]]'' | ||
Image:Shortwood Brickworks3.jpg|The managers house. ''© Clive Moore'' | Image:Shortwood Brickworks3.jpg|The managers house. ''© [[:Category:Clive Moore|Clive Moore]]'' | ||
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== 2005 == | |||
10.9.05 | |||
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Image:Shortwood Brickworks4.jpg|Some shots of the area used for clay extraction by the works. | |||
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Image:Shortwood Brickworks6.jpg| | |||
Image:Shortwood Brickworks7.jpg| | |||
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[[Category:Brickworks]] | |||
[[Category:Clive Moore]] | [[Category:Clive Moore]] | ||
[[Category:MR]] | [[Category:MR]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:34, 30 March 2012
<googlemap lat="51.482719" lon="-2.464027"> 51.489988, -2.464478, Shortwood Brickworks </googlemap>
To Mangotsfield: Mangotsfield North
To Yate:Brandy Bottom Colliery
History
Manufacturing ceased at Shortwood in 1969 although clay was still extracted for use at the Cattybrook works near Almondsbury. The buildings were demolished in 2000.
Gallery
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The brickworks as viewed from the railway alignment. Beyond the buildings at the rear was a narrow gauge railway that connected the brickworks to a claypit. The claypit supplied the materials for the works. © Clive Moore -
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The managers house. © Clive Moore
2005
10.9.05
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Some shots of the area used for clay extraction by the works. -
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