Banton Brick Works

Location type

Works

Name and dates

Banton Brick Works

Served by the Banton Tramway.
Served by the Carron Company.

Description

The Banton and Kelvinhead Collieries were worked by the Carron Company. Coal from these collieries was taken south by the Banton Tramway to Kelvinhead Quay and then east along the Forth and Clyde Canal to the Carron Iron Works.

A large number of pits were linked by short waggonways to the Forth and Clyde Canal.

Tags

Brick works
01/03/2021

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Larbert and Stenhousemuir

Old Larbert and Stenhousemuir

Where Iron Runs Like Water: A New History of the Carron Iron Works, 1759-1982