Alloa, Glasshouse Loan, Alloa Glassworks, Glass Cone, Interior View looking upwards
SC 573683
Description Alloa, Glasshouse Loan, Alloa Glassworks, Glass Cone, Interior View looking upwards
Date 1981
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 573683
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Glassworks, Alloa, Clackmannanshire (Clackmannanshire council area) This works was one of a number built in the 18th century to make glass bottles, others being in Glasgow and Leith. Two new glass cones were built in about 1825, and both survived until the late 1960s, when one was demolished. This view shows the interior of the glass cone which survived in 1981, looking up. This was a giant chimney, which provided draught for the fires heating the glass furnace at the base, and also air to cool the glassblowers working round the furnace. This cone housed a furnace until the late 1970s, when a major extension to the works was completed. The cone, a scheduled monument has been repaired and kept beside the new works, which is still very active. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H81/27/11
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