Glass Bottle Works, King Street, North Fitzroy

In early 1897 John Dunne established the Moonee Valley Glass Works on 4 acres at the corner of King Street and Glenlyon Road. The glass furnace had four working holes, a smelting capacity of ten tons, and was surmounted by a stack 70 feet high. He imported the plant and the skilled bottle makers, erecting eight dwellings for them on the site. The manager's "most handsome balconied and towered residence" still stands at the corner of Glenlyon Road and King Street

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