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Anyone have any images of early glass factories. I happened to see this one in an old 1875 journal. They mostly seamed to make specialty glass, lamp shades, fresnel lenses, cut glass crystal, etc.

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I dream of finding part of a fresnel (sp?) lens in the ocean one day!

There's the image of the Maryland Glass Corp at this website:
http://www.scripophily.net/emdrugcomofb.html
 
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I have a bunch of glass factory images, mostly from the book I wrote. I'll post my favorite three.
The Crown Flint Glass Co., Ravenna, Ohio c. 1885. They made lamp chimneys.


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Day & Williams Glass Works, Kent, Ohio. Photo probably from the 1870s. They made window glass.


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Diamond Glass Works, Ravenna, Ohio, c. 1880s. They made window glass too.

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Oh yeah - glass houses & steel mills = filth. My mom's side of the family became very wealthy in Pittsburgh - they had a laundry business. (My mom's uncles are the ones that lost all the family money - my grandmother grew up filthy rich from the way she tells it - she didn't like that, though, cuz it was during the depression)
 
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I have a bunch of glass factory images, mostly from the book I wrote.
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Hey KentOhio.
Please give yourself a shameless plug. I'd love to know what book you wrote. Thanks!
 
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