Shortwood Brickworks

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To Bristol or Bath: 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

  • 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
    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
  • © Clive Moore
    © Clive Moore
  • The managers house. © Clive Moore
    The managers house. © Clive Moore
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