The Last Cone No 12 built at Chance Brothers, Smethwick
Image: Photo taken during demolition in 1945-1946 of numbers 3, 8 and 12 glasshouses. It shows the partially demolished cone of number 12 glasshouse which was built in 1852-1854. It does not have the same construction design as the “Wordsley” cone. The original coal fired furnace was immediately beneath the cone. The glassmakers working away from the cone did not contract the bad effects of dust and smuts as under the “Wordsley” cone. This was the last cone built at Chance Brothers.
Image from: Chance Brothers Glassworks, Smethwick Slides. Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford, Dudley (Slide and Transcript no 24 by Arthur Reeves).
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The Smethwick Glass Works of Chance Brothers, West Midlands
Optical Department: Two Pot Furnace
Optical Department: Pot being set into a Furnace
Optical Department: Open Pots after Cooling
Works Fire Engine
Glory Hole (1852-54) for Crown Window Glass Production
Rectangular Chimney built for Glory Hole
Rectangular Chimney for Glory Hole and Circular Chimney
Globe Department: the Glass Blower
Globe Department: Welding a Cathode Ray Tube
Globe Department: Testing Radar or Cathode Ray Tubes
Stonemason’s Shop: Dressing a Rolled-plate Machine Sill
Stonemason’s Shop: Mason’s Shaping Refractories by Hand
Demolition of House Cone No 10
Demolition of House Cone No 10
Demolition of Glasshouses No 3, 8 and 12
Demolition of Glasshouses No 3, 8 and 12
The Last Cone No 12 built at Chance Brothers, Smethwick
Demolition of Glasshouses No 3, 8 and 12
Demolition of No 12 Glasshouse
Demolition of No 12 Glasshouse
Demolition of No 10 Glasshouse
Demolition of No 10 Glasshouse
Buildings Containing Furnaces
Back of No 6 Glasshouse
Warehouses and Globe Department
Buildings before Demolition
View of No 6 Glasshouse
View of Coal-feeding Hopper
Various Buildings at Chances Glassworks
Truncated Cone belonging to 1834 Pot Furnace
