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BATHGATE GLASS WORKSBathgate Glass Works was set up in 1866 by Donald Fraser of Edinburgh, his glass works in Leith having been taken over to accommodate the new North British Railway Line. The building in Chapel Lane, Bathgate, was previously occupied by the Bathgate Old Brewery. The glass works covered almost an acre of ground and at its height employed around 150 workers. Following Mr Fraser's death in 1869, the Bathgate Glass Works was taken over by Messrs J.Wilson and Sons. On 19 August that year, the works were partly destroyed by fire; however, the damage was not serious and work continued. All types of domestic glass were produced: decanters, claret jugs, wine glasses, tumblers, dessert dishes, cruet bottles and flasks for chemical purposes, gas globes and window pane glass. The most popular design used at Bathgate was the fern. In about 1884, the Bathgate Glass Works was taken over by James Couper and Sons of Glasgow, but it closed during a "Depression of Trade" in Bathgate in 1887. Examples of Bathgate glass are permanently on display in the Bennie Museum in Bathgate and two examples glass are on display in The Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Anne Thornton, Bennie Museum
The Bennie Museum in Bathgate, West Lothian, has a website at benniemuseum.org.uk
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