Redfern National Glass Works
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Redfern National Glass Works
Image: © Michael Jagger Taken: Unknown
The four furnaces can be seen in the middle of the picture, originally the flues had their own smoke stacks, later these were channelled to the main chimney to the right hand side. To the left of the furnaces are the oil fuel tanks, barges from Whitakers in Hull would fuel the factory, the barges would be heavily laden and travel slowly, as they sailed up the river they would cause the river level to drop as they approached and cause a "mini tsunami" as they passed by. for more details see: www.whitakertankers.com
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Image Location
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Latitude
53.952903
Longitude
-1.077749