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Cover of the 1916 catalog of Gordon-Van Tine kit house plans A modest bungalow-style kit house plan offered by Harris Homes in 1920 A Colonial Revival kit home offered by Sterling Homes in 1916 Cover of a 1922 catalog published by Gordon-Van Tine, showing building materials being unloaded from a boxcar Illustration of kit home materials loaded in a boxcar from a 1952 Aladdin catalogue
Utica was the largest hand blown window glass factory city in the US at the turn of the 20th century due to natural occurring silica and natural gas. The glass would be gathered in a molten ball and blown into a long tube. The ends would be cut off, the tube re-heated, cut, and laid flat creating the window glass.
Their efforts were successful, and at least 70 glass factories existed in northwest Ohio between 1886 and the early 20th century. [14] The city of Fostoria was a desirable location for manufacturing because it was already served by multiple railroad lines.
Their efforts were successful, and at least 70 glass factories existed in northwest Ohio between 1886 and the early 20th century. [9] The city of Fostoria, already blessed with multiple railroad lines, was close enough to the natural gas that it used a pipeline to make natural gas available to businesses. [10]
Owens Pottery was founded by J. B. Owens in Roseville, Ohio, in 1885. [1] In 1891 it moved to Zanesville, where Owens built a new factory on a site with its own rail spur. [2] It began producing art pottery in 1896, when it introduced the Utopian line with botanical decorations under a brown glaze. [3]
Ohio's industries were integral to American industrial power in the 20th century. In the late 20th century, economic restructuring in steel, railroads, and other heavy manufacturing, cost the state many jobs as heavy industry declined. The economy in the 21st century has gradually shifted to depend on service industries such as medicine and ...
20th century in sports in Ohio (10 C) Y. Years of the 20th century in Ohio (100 C) This page was last edited on 14 October 2023, at 19:17 (UTC). Text is available ...
The Twin Coach factory produced buses, delivery trucks, and other similar vehicles. As bus demand declined in the mid-20th century the factory slowly declined as well with bus production ceasing by 1953. The company was sold in 1958 and subsequently moved to Cheektowaga, New York and the factory was completely shut down by the 1960s. [33]