Lemington Cone, Throckley, Tyne and Wear

Photograph taken 07 January 2001 © Mr Bob Cottrell ARPS AFIAP DPAGB. Source English H ref: 304344

This cone was built in c1787 for the Northumberland Glass Company. It is now the only surviving glasshouse on the Tyne, an area famous since the early 17th century for the manufacture of glass.

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Tyne and Wear Throckley

Period

Georgian (1714 - 1836)

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Here a glass vessel is being formed in a mould. This method of glass manufacture has a history going back about 5,000 years. Glass production is often centred around areas rich fuels such as coal.

Lemington Cone, Throckley, Tyne and Wear

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