Industry

__ Sandnes teglverk & Mursteinsfabrikk __
The building in front of us used to be a brick factory. The factory was built in 1783, and was the first industry we had in Rogaland. The reason that the factory was built in Sandnes was because we had a lot of clay, which we still do, but it no longer makes so much money that it’s worth making it into anything. “Sandnes teglverk & mursteinsfabrikk” was the first of seven brick factories in Sandnes. Until 1889 this was the only industry in Sandnes. At the brick factories they also made several other things than bricks. They made roofing tiles (the kind of stones you have on the roof), jugs, plates and the Sandnes-gauk. The Sandnes-gauk is the symbol of our city, and is a kind of a      flute. Here you can see to pictures of it:

The Sandnes-gauk was first produced by Sandnes teglverk & Mursteinsfabrikk, and is one of the few things that is left of the brick industry in Sandnes.