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The city of Fostoria was a desirable location for manufacturing because it was already served by multiple railroad lines. It was close enough to the natural gas field that it could use a pipeline to make natural gas available to businesses in town. [15] Eventually, Fostoria had 13 different glass companies at various times between 1887 and 1920 ...
Harry Northwood c. 1912 Northwood glass works in West Virginia, October 1908. Harry Northwood who founded the company was the son of John Northwood, a noted maker of English cameo glass. [1] He came to America in 1880 and worked at J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier and Company. [1] He worked as a glass etcher there from approximately 1881-1884. [2]
This fuel problem led England to become dependent on Venice and other European cities for its glass needs. In contrast, North America appeared to have a massive number of forests, having great potential for glassmaking. [23] The Virginia Company of London sent supplies to Jamestown that arrived in October 1608. Accompanying the supplies were ...
The National Glass Company controlled 19 glass companies, which meant it controlled about 75 percent of the glass tableware market in the United States. [106] The American Window Glass Company trust was created in 1898, and it had over half of the nation's window glassmaking capacity in part because it consisted of many of the large works that ...
1882 Ohio railroad map for area around Fostoria. The Fostoria Glass Company was incorporated in West Virginia in July 1887. [14] The founders of the Fostoria Glass Company were drawn to Fostoria, Ohio, to exploit the newly discovered natural gas. The new firm also received cash incentives of $5,000 (equivalent to $174,981 in 2024) to $6,000 ...
News article in the "Bridgeton News", January 3, 2007 on the demolition of the Whitall-Tatum, Kerr, Ball-Foster glass works buildings. Richard Wentzel, chapter in "Insulators: A History and Guide to North American Glass Pintype Insulators" by John & Carol McDougald (1990). John M. Whitall: The Story of His Life, by his daughter Hannah W. Smith.
Libbey, Inc., (formerly Libbey Glass Company and New England Glass Company) is a glass production company headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1818 in Cambridge, Massachusetts , as the New England Glass Company, before relocating to Ohio in 1888 and renaming to Libbey Glass Co .
The Hemingray Glass Company was an American glass manufacturing company founded by Robert Hemingray and Ralph Gray in Cincinnati in 1848. In its early years, the company went through numerous and frequent name changes, including Gray & Hemingray; Gray, Hemingray & Bros.; Gray, Hemingray & Brother; Hemingray Bros. & Company; and R. Hemingray & Company before incorporating into the Hemingray ...