Steve/sewell
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They sure as heck look like diamond glass cutting lines dont they Joe.[]
This whole adventure totally blew me away when I found out about these glass works.I guess because just about no one collects window panes in our or anybodys hobby for that matter. Detailed books were never written about the window pane based glass works.Early on there were more window works then the bottle producing ones.I have walked on the ground surrounding the Lincoln Memorial at least 25 times in my lifetime.Never in my wildest thoughts would I suspect a rather large 1400 ft by 1400 ft property with a huge glass works employing over 300 hands right next to and a pier going right out to where the memorial sits.Mind bogling.[sm=rolleyes.gif]These glass factories or works were responsible for the growth of the city or town near them more then any other entity at the time of their existance no matter what part of the country they were located in.They were also as profitable as all get out as a lot of the owners were very wealthy at some point in their ownership.
This whole adventure totally blew me away when I found out about these glass works.I guess because just about no one collects window panes in our or anybodys hobby for that matter. Detailed books were never written about the window pane based glass works.Early on there were more window works then the bottle producing ones.I have walked on the ground surrounding the Lincoln Memorial at least 25 times in my lifetime.Never in my wildest thoughts would I suspect a rather large 1400 ft by 1400 ft property with a huge glass works employing over 300 hands right next to and a pier going right out to where the memorial sits.Mind bogling.[sm=rolleyes.gif]These glass factories or works were responsible for the growth of the city or town near them more then any other entity at the time of their existance no matter what part of the country they were located in.They were also as profitable as all get out as a lot of the owners were very wealthy at some point in their ownership.