DESCRIPTION OF LAKES GLASS CENTRE

The exhibition provides a a glimpe of Furness from its development as a tourist destination by the Furness Railway in the 19th Century, to the growth of the shipbuilding industry. You can find out about Stan Laurel, the light house monument which towers over Ulverston on Hoad Hill, the painter George Romney who was born in Dalton-in-Furness, plus Barrow-in-Furness's shipbuilding heritage and 12th Century Abbey.