Free Tank, the Retrospective View of the Pathway
Free Tank, the Retrospective View of the Pathway
Free Tank, the Retrospective View of the Pathway
Free Tank, the Retrospective View of the Pathway
Free Tank, the Retrospective View of the Pathway
Free Tank, the Retrospective View of the Pathway
Free Tank, the Retrospective View of the Pathway
Free Tank, the Retrospective View of the Pathway
Free Tank, the Retrospective View of the Pathway
Free Tank, the Retrospective View of the Pathway

© Roger Hiorns. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Paul Francis / Art UK

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‘Free Tank’, recreates an ancient ‘right of way’ or path through the many glass furnaces that previously populated the site, permitting the public ‘free’ access to water from the river or ‘tank’, from which its name is derived. A pair of monumental granite furnaces each stand 7 metres tall.
Title

Free Tank, the Retrospective View of the Pathway

Date

2012 or later

Medium

stone

Accession number

BS2_PF_S177

Acquisition method

commissioned by Bristol City Council for Castlemore

Work type

Building

Owner

Bristol City Council

Custodian

Bristol City Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

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Located at

Glass Wharf, Bristol City

BS2 0ZX

Located on the harbour side to the north-west of the footbridge nearest to the railway lines at Temple Meads.