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Actual glass production started in June 1797, making it the first to produce glass in the United States west of the Allegheny Mountains. [90] The factory was called Pittsburgh Glass Works, and Eichbaum was its superintendent. In 1798, Eichbaum leased the factory, but control returned to O'Hara and Craig in 1800.
By May 2011, the talks had failed, with the Pittsburgh Glass Center withdrawing from negotiations. [6] In 2012, the Glass Center purchased residential housing adjacent to its main gallery space to be used as student and artist-in-residence housing. [7] By 2012, the center had a $1 million budget, with 10 full-time employees. [5]
Flint glass melted in tank: In 1898 Charles H. Runyon of the Keystone Glass Company in Rochester, Pennsylvania, was the first in the United States to melt the batch for flint glass in a tank. [21] Note 11 ] A second source calls the Rochester company operating at that time (1897–1905) by the name of Keystone Tumbler Company.
From hand-worked Murano glass lamps to beveled cobalt blue vases that have been individually mouth blown, these norm-shattering glass-blown pieces are anything but derivative. Eclipse Vase
Glass eggs and more will be at the Glass Academy's 13th Annual Glass Blossom & Bloom Spring Glass Blowing Festival. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Glass Academy, 25331 Trowbridge in ...
blown and pressed glassware, ... although it was originally called Pittsburgh Glass Manufacturing Company from 1864 to 1870. [136] ...
The GBBA struck the glass blowing industry in a lengthy strike from April 8, 1899, to July 1, 1900, that led to the unionization of all but two glass plants. [17] By 1900, the GBBA had 61 local unions and 4,300 members. [ 18 ]
Rising to the stage from a trap door for his first Pittsburgh concert since 1986, Richie began with "Hello," bookending his 90-minute set with an encore of "All Night Long."