South Yorkshire Glass Factory, England
England
Large buildings
3D scanning of buildings
South Yorkshire Glass Factory, England
Glass Factory
Glass cone
South Yorkshire
Western Europe
Mid-18th century
1740
1
Coin
The copyright of the 3D model belongs to the original author and the material may not be distributed, published, transmitted, copied, rented, resold or compiled in any form.
The village of Catcliffe, located in South Yorkshire, England, is the oldest surviving structure of this kind in Western Europe. This glass cone-shaped building can be traced back to the mid-18th century and was built around 1740. It represents an important relic of the early glass manufacturing industry and witnesses the development of glass production technology and industrialization process. The structure is unique, with a carved sandstone base at the bottom and a brick and stone structure at the top. This huge glass cone-shaped building was used for annealing in the glass production process at that time, which allowed the melted glass to slowly cool to avoid internal stress causing cracking.
