An abandoned brickworks on Anglesey
The raw material
The
material used to make the bricks came from a small quarry above the works
which
was accessed by a tramway and gravity worked incline. These views
show
the
abandoned drumhead at the top of the incline. Part way up the
incline is a
branch
to the south, this was the site of the earliest quarry.
Rusted
remains of one of the incline tramway wagons.
After the raw material was lowered down the incline, it was first
broken up by using the stone breaker, shown below. The clay was then sent
down a slide to storage bins above the working area.
That's
the way to keep it "KNAPPING"!
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