Glass cone explained

A glass cone is a glass production structure historically unique to the United Kingdom. A glass cone had a large central furnace, a circular platform where the glassblowers worked, and smaller furnaces around its wall to ensure the glass did not cool too quickly.^{[1] [2]}

There are four surviving glass cones:

• Catcliffe Glass Cone, South Yorkshire
• Lemington Glass Works, Newcastle upon Tyne
• Northern Glass Cone, Alloa Glass Works, a Scottish scheduled monument,
• Red House Cone in Wordsley, granted listed building status in 1966

See also

• Bottle oven, a bottle-shaped kiln typical of Stoke-on-Trent

Notes and References

1. Buchanan. Angus. 4 July 1974. Industrial heritage: British glass. New Scientist. New Science Publications. London. 63. 904. 42. 9 June 2020.
2. Book: Pearson, Lynn . Victorian and Edwardian British Industrial Architecture . Crowood Press . 2016 . 978-1-78500-189-5 . 959428302 . 128–130.