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Magnesia Brick found in Ravenhead St Helens.
12/07/2025
Magnesia Brick.
MAGA brick is a refractory brick that contains Magnesium Oxide and is used in glass furnaces.
This brick was found to close to the Ravenhead glass bottle works. Historically, Ravenhead Glass was a glassworks near Ravenhead Colliery, old Lancashire, North West England. It was founded in 1850 by Frances Dixon and John Merson after a move from their earlier (1842) factory at Thatto Heath, St Helens.
This brick was found to close to the Ravenhead glass bottle works. Historically, Ravenhead Glass was a glassworks near Ravenhead Colliery, old Lancashire, North West England. It was founded in 1850 by Frances Dixon and John Merson after a move from their earlier (1842) factory at Thatto Heath, St Helens.