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  2. Glass bottle - Wikipedia

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    Glass bottles and glass jars are found in many households worldwide. The first glass bottles were produced in Mesopotamia around 1500 B.C., and in the Roman Empire in around 1 AD. [1] America's glass bottle and glass jar industry was born in the early 1600s, when settlers in Jamestown built the first glass-melting furnace.

  3. History of bottle recycling in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Bottles were still expensive and manufacturers made a loss if they were not returned. Oftentimes, consumers would just throw bottles out, especially smaller soda bottles, and many bottles ended up being broken or in dumps. By 1910, "twenty glass containers were produced for every person in the United States". [1]

  4. 19th century glassmaking in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania was the leader in pressed and blown glass, followed by Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, and New York. The leader for bottles and jars was Indiana, followed by New Jersey and Pennsylvania. [111] Bottles and jars accounted for 38 percent of all glass made during the year, based on value. [112]

  5. Glass bottles over 300 years old have been retrieved from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Divers discovered two well-preserved onion glass bottles from a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean off the ...

  6. 18th century glassmaking in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A fire severely damaged the factory during the summer of 1794, but by December the old glass works, and a new one, were operating. [111] More financial difficulties in 1795 caused the works to be taken over by Thomas and Samuel Mather. [112] Products were window glass and bottles. [113] The plant is thought to have closed in 1815 due to lack of ...

  7. Whitall Tatum Company - Wikipedia

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    Whitall Tatum produced bottles, jars, and vials throughout much of the 19th century. Antique bottle collectors prize the Whitall Tatum druggist, perfume, chemical, reagent bottles, and other types of bottles. The company developed several innovations in formulas used to make the glass, and in the manufacturing methods for bottles. At first ...

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