Hello,
in the course of my recent visit to Yorkshire
someone pointed me onto an abandoned brickworks-site
situated close to the dismantled Whitby - Scarborough railway
line near Ravenscar. (NGR 968 016 - hopefully correct)
The remains of what must have been a Hoffmann brick furnace
are still there.
A signpost reads "National Trust Alum Quarry".
There are a few more abandoned alum quarries in this area.
My question: can somebody please explain, why
brickworks are located in direct vicinity of an alum quarry?
Is clay needed for brickmaking a by-product of alum quarrying
or is it just a random coincidence, that both materials
have been quarried at the same location?
Thanks in advance
Harald
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Dr.-Ing. Harald Finster / Aachen Germany
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