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Drawing showing section, plan and elevation of glass cone, Alloa Glass Works.

SC 356907

Description Drawing showing section, plan and elevation of glass cone, Alloa Glass Works.

Date 1984

Catalogue Number SC 356907

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of DC 10671

Scope and Content Plans and drawings of south cone of Alloa Glass-work, Clackmannanshire Alloa Glass-work was founded in 1750 by the Erskines of Mar. Using the local collieries for fuel, it soon became a major bottle-producer. The work was taken over by Alloa Glass Company in 1825. This is one of the two cones built after 1825. Its is constructed of local bricks on a stone base. At some point it was converted to gas leaving no trace of the original furnace. It was demolished in 1972. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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