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The gas boom in Northwest Ohio enabled the state to improve its national ranking as a manufacturer of glass (based on value of product) from 4th in 1880 to 2nd in 1890. [23] Over 70 glass companies operated in northwest Ohio between 1880 and the early 20th century. [24] However, Northwest Ohio’s gas boom lasted less than five years.
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.
Two large stained-glass windows installed by Hartford City Glass Company's Belgian glass workers A New England Glass Company ewer , 1840–1860 A Novelty Glass Company advertisement in 1891 An electrical insulator made by Whitall Tatum Company , circa 1922
The Belmont Glass Company was Bellaire's first of many glass plants, and the second in Belmont County. [19] In 1880, the state of Ohio ranked fourth in the country in glass production, and Belmont County ranked sixth among the nation's counties. [20] By 1881, the town had 15 glass factories, and was known as "Glass City". [21]
Bellaire gained the title of "Glass City" for the period of 1870 to 1885. The area had modern transportation, an energy source, and a skilled workforce. The transportation infrastructure included the Ohio River, the National Road, [6] and railroads, including the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Central Ohio Railroad. Coal was the local energy ...
In the 1870s, Ohio had a glass industry located principally in the eastern portion of the state, especially in coal-rich Belmont County.The Belmont County community of Bellaire, located on the Ohio side of the Ohio River across from Wheeling, West Virginia, was known as "Glass City" from 1870 to 1885. [11]
Libbey-Owens merged with the Edward Ford Plate Glass Company in 1930 to form Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company. [1] In April 1986, LOF sold its glass business and name to the Pilkington Group, a multinational glass manufacturer headquartered in the United Kingdom. The remaining three business units of the company, Aeroquip, Vickers, and Sterling ...
Note 5] In 1845, Wheeling had the transportation advantages of the Ohio River and National Road. It was already known that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (a.k.a. B&O) had been building railroad line to connect the city of Baltimore with the Ohio River, although there was some uncertainty about the Ohio River destination point. [18] [27]