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Bellaire had what glass companies and other manufacturers needed: a good transportation infrastructure, a good labor supply, and plenty of coal for fuel. In 1886 Northwest Ohio began a "gas boom" with the discovery of natural gas near the small community of Findlay. Local businessmen used incentives such as free land, cash, and low-cost natural ...
Flooding of the Ohio River in 1937. 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 ...
English: Perspective map not drawn to scale. Also shows Benwood, West Virginia. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 680 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest, directory, and view "Southern extension of Belmont Street." AACR2: 100; 651/1; 700/1; 710/2
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Belmont County is located in the Ohio coal belt. [5] At one time, steamships traveling down the Ohio River knew the county's community of Bellaire as the last stop for coal until Cincinnati. [6] In 1866, the county had railroad service from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Toledo & Ohio Railroad. The National Road also ran through ...
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]
1886 Ohio elections (2 P) S. 1886 in sports in Ohio (2 P) This page was last edited on 12 March 2023, at 10:14 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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. [6] The gas boom in northwestern 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. [7]