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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
This left Wilhelm Kielblock, a noted German stained glass designer and painter, [2] and Elmore Helf, a business man, to reorganize the company. Elmore Helf was not the first member of the Helf family to run a stained glass studio, his father, Henry Helf, was shop foreman for Von Gerichten Art Glass Company in Columbus, Ohio. [3]
The original factory was in an old glass factory in Martins Ferry, Ohio, in 1905. [1] The factory at one time was owned by the former West Virginia Glass Company. [2] At first they painted glass blanks from other glass makers, but started making their own glass when they became unable to buy the materials they needed. [2]
The next glass works was the Fostoria Glass Company, which was founded by veteran glass men from West Virginia. This company became the town's most famous glass factory. [16] The third glass factory was the Buttler Art Glass Company, which was incorporated in 1887 but did not finish construction of its glass works until February 22, 1888.
Belmont Glass Company: Bellaire Ohio 1861 John Robinson, Charles Henry Over, Henry Crimmel: Robinson, Over, and Crimmel left the Hobbs works to help start this factory. Robinson was plant superintendent. [4] 3: Bonita Art Glass Company Wheeling West Virginia 1901 Otto Jaeger Former Hobbs manager Jaeger was company's first president and part ...
In early 1908 John W. Fenton left the Fenton Art Glass Company after a falling-out with his brother Frank Fenton. [2] Though he remained on the Fenton board of directors. [3] He had helped found Fenton Art Glass with his brother in 1905 . [2] The Millersburg factory was located in Millersburg, OH and was constructed quickly. [3]
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]
The company name came from the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly known as the "Nickel Plate Road", which had tracks adjacent to the new glass plant. Northwest Ohio had a short "gas boom", starting in 1886 after the Karg Well was drilled near Findlay, Ohio. Local businessmen took advantage of the natural gas to lure new ...