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earthenware.
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bricks; 33 914 000 pipes and parts of piping, 165 570 tons of fireproof, facade,
revetting and stack bricks, also fire-clay and a number of other brick and clay
wares to a total value of 15 620 000 kr. The manufacture of tiles is greatest
in Malmöhus Län, which produced bricks and earthenware to a value of 5 576 000
kr. or about 36 % of the whole. Next comes Kristianstad Län with 1 385 000
and then Stockholm Län with 1 330 000 kr. and Älvsborg Län with 1 055 000
kr. The export of crockery amounted in 1912 to 156 668 tons and rose in
1913 to 159 903 tons.
Rörstrand, Pottery- Works.
Fireproof clay. In the carboniferous formation of Skåne occur
alternate strata of coal, fireproof clay, and slate clay. Many different articles
are made from these wares, such as bricks, pipes, vessels of different
kinds, ornamental articles, etc. The manufacture of fireproof bricks was
commenced at the factory at Höganäs in 1827, and now more than 12
million bricks are turned out every year. Several buildings have been
erected for this industry. The manufacture of clay vessels was begun
in 1833; at first only unglazed vessels or those with lead glaze,
yellow-in colour were produced. In 1835 the brown salt-glazed ware was
introduced. The manufacture of pipes commenced in 1869, and there are
now two large pipe factories. Drain pipes, cribs troughs, chimneys
etc. are also made. At the works for ash-brick, for which the demand
becomes greater every year, are made air-dried building bricks, the
composition of which is 4/5 ash and 1/5 lime.
In 1903 Höganäs stenkolsbolag amalgamated with Billesholms—Bjuvs aktiebolag
under the style of Höganäs—Billeholms aktiebolag. The manufacture of fire-
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