IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Linkway West, ST. HELENS, WA10 1NG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Linkway West, WA10 1NG by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (78 Images Found)
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Glass-making Cone House at "The Hotties"
Now part of "The World of Glass" Museum, to which it is joined by the bridge, the cone house, and the building which later enclosed it, date from some of the earliest glass works on the site. A plentiful supply of coal and sand, with transport provided by the canal, created the ideal conditions for the glass industry to flourish here. The area is known as "the Hotties" because water from the canal was used in cooling glass in its manufacturing process, and was returned to the canal through sprays issuing from the pipework seen on the left. This warmed the water (tropical fish were said to enjoy life there), and caused clouds of steam as it met the cooler air.
Image: © David Long
Taken: 8 Feb 2007
0.00 miles
2
Park Inn and Sankey Canal, St Helens
Image: © Alexander P Kapp
Taken: 24 May 2012
0.01 miles
3
St Helens Canal
Taken from a glass-sided bridge (which explains some of the reflections) connecting two parts of the "World of Glass" museum, this shows a section of the St Helens Canal restored as an unnavigable waterspace. This length within a former glassworks site was locally known as "The Hotties" as the canal water was extracted for cooling purposes and returned to the canal warm enough to steam on cold days.
Image: © A-M-Jervis
Taken: 14 Aug 2007
0.01 miles
5
Victorian Cone House
The St Helens World of Glass beside the Sankey Canal
Image: © Raymond Knapman
Taken: 3 Aug 2009
0.03 miles
6
The World of Glass, St Helens
The Victorian glass furnace
Image: © Alexander P Kapp
Taken: 24 May 2012
0.03 miles
7
Tank House Beside the Canal at the Crown Glass Works
Dating from 1883, and now part of the "World of Glass" glassmaking museum, the Victorian Cone House was home to the world’s first continuous glass production tank. The tank house is a Grade II* listed building (Historic England List Entry Number: 1075879 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1075879 ).
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 12 Apr 2019
0.04 miles
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Tank House at site of former Crown Glass Works
Now part of the "World of Glass" glassmaking museum. The tank house is a Grade II* listed building (Historic England List Entry Number: 1075879 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1075879 ); dating from 1883.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 12 Apr 2019
0.04 miles
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St Helens Canal, The Hotties
The building across the canal dates from 1883. It was a tank house at the former Crown Glass Works. It is a Grade II* listed building (Historic England List Entry Number: 1075879 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1075879 ); dating from 1883.
This area of the canal became known as "the Hotties" because water from the canal was used to cool glass in its manufacturing process, and was returned to the canal through sprays issuing from the pipework on the left. This warmed the water and caused clouds of steam as it met the cooler air.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 12 Apr 2019
0.05 miles