'The Hotties': Excavation and Building Survey at Pilkingtons' No 9 Tank House, St Helens, Merseyside

by Mick Krupa and Richard Heawood

The remains of Pilkingtons' No 9 Tank House represent a unique survival from the 19th century, an period of rapid development within the glass industry characterised by innovative but short-lived design. These remains are now recognised as the most complete known glass furnace structures of their era. Between 1991 and 1997, Lancaster University Archaeological Unit (now Oxford Archaeology North) conducted a programme of standing building survey, excavation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 090422032X
• ISBN13: 9780904220322
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Oxford Archaeological Unit
• Length: 137 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.8" x 10.9"