Shortwood Brickworks
From Bristol Railway Archive
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
 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 managers house. © Clive Moore |
2005
10.9.05
 Some shots of the area used for clay extraction by the works. |
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