Commercial PropertygalleryPictures: Chance Brothers GlassworksBookmarkShareCommercial PropertyByTamlyn JonesBusiness Reporter15:37, 9 NOV 2015Updated16:50, 9 NOV 2015A grant of £48,200 has been awarded to a research project about the old Chance Brothers Glassworks in Smethwick1 of 29Chance Brothers Glassworks supplied glass for the construction of Crystal Palace in South London2 of 29Chance Brothers Glassworks in Smethwick3 of 29Chance Brothers Glassworks made opitcal glass made for the maritime industry4 of 29Heceta Head Lighthouse in Oregon. The Chance Brothers' Fresnel lens, built in the 1890s, was installed at this lighthouse5 of 29Examples of the philanthropic nature of the Chance Brothers Glassworks6 of 29The former Sandwell College in Crocketts Lane, Smethwick, was built by the Chance Brothers7 of 298 of 29Inside Chance Brothers Glassworks in Smethwick9 of 2910 of 2911 of 2912 of 2913 of 2914 of 29Derelict staircase inside Chance Brothers Glassworks in Smethwick15 of 29Inside Chance Brothers Glassworks in Smethwick16 of 2917 of 2918 of 2919 of 2920 of 2921 of 29Paperwork from the 1960s22 of 29Scaffolding now adorns the outside of the Chance Brothers Glassworks23 of 29View shows how derelict the old factory has become24 of 2925 of 29Old machinery inside Chance Brothers Glassworks26 of 2927 of 2928 of 2929 of 29