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Rectangular Chimney for Glory Hole and Circular Chimney

1824 - 1950 (c.)

Image: Photo taken during 1945-1946 during the demolition of Number 3, 8 and 12 glasshouses. The rectangular chimney for the Crown glass glory hole is seen and the circular chimney which dealt with flue gases from Number 12 furnace. The chimney was built after Number 12 was converted to raw producer gas firing. The entrance to the furnace caves can also be seen.

Image from: Chance Brothers Glassworks, Smethwick Slides. Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford, Dudley (Slide and Transcript no 8 by Arthur Reeves).


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2034-0The Smethwick Glass Works of Chance Brothers, West Midlands 4005-0Optical Department: Two Pot Furnace 4006-0Optical Department: Pot being set into a Furnace 4007-0Optical Department: Open Pots after Cooling 4008-0Works Fire Engine 4009-0Glory Hole (1852-54) for Crown Window Glass Production 4021-0Rectangular Chimney built for Glory Hole 4010-0Rectangular Chimney for Glory Hole and Circular Chimney 4011-0Globe Department: the Glass Blower 4012-0Globe Department: Welding a Cathode Ray Tube 4013-0Globe Department: Testing Radar or Cathode Ray Tubes 4014-0Stonemason’s Shop: Dressing a Rolled-plate Machine Sill 4015-0Stonemason’s Shop: Mason’s Shaping Refractories by Hand 4016-0Demolition of House Cone No 10 4017-0Demolition of House Cone No 10 4018-0Demolition of Glasshouses No 3, 8 and 12 4019-0Demolition of Glasshouses No 3, 8 and 12 4020-0The Last Cone No 12 built at Chance Brothers, Smethwick 4018-0Demolition of Glasshouses No 3, 8 and 12 4023-0Demolition of No 12 Glasshouse 4024-0Demolition of No 12 Glasshouse 4025-0Demolition of No 10 Glasshouse 4026-0Demolition of No 10 Glasshouse 4027-0Buildings Containing Furnaces 4028-0Back of No 6 Glasshouse 4029-0Warehouses and Globe Department 4030-0Buildings before Demolition 4037-0View of No 6 Glasshouse 4031-0View of Coal-feeding Hopper 4032-0Various Buildings at Chances Glassworks 4033-0Truncated Cone belonging to 1834 Pot Furnace