Glass Factory Images

[GuntherHess]

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.

 

[cobaltbot]

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

 

[KentOhio]

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.

 

[KentOhio]

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

 

[KentOhio]

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

 

[pyshodoodle]

Wow - I actually know what a Fresnel lens is, thanks to Jimmy Buffett.

 

[GuntherHess]

Nice old images Kent. You get the impression these were filthy places[]

 

[pyshodoodle]

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)

 

[blobbottlebob]

I have a bunch of glass factory images, mostly from the book I wrote.

Hey KentOhio.
Please give yourself a shameless plug. I'd love to know what book you wrote. Thanks!

 

[RedGinger]

What's a fresnel lens?