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The Imperial Glass Company is located in Bellaire, Ohio with a factory located on 29th Street and the offices located on Belmont Street. The factory was razed in 1995 to make room for commercial development and the Belmont Street location was transformed into a museum known as the National Imperial Glass Museum. [2]
The A.H. Heisey Company was formed in Newark, Ohio, in 1895 by A.H. Heisey. The factory provided fine quality glass tableware and decorative glass figurines. Both pressed and blown glassware were made in a wide variety of patterns and colors. The company also made glass automobile headlights and Holophane Glassware lighting fixtures. The ...
In 1891 Libbey opened a new plant in Findlay, Ohio, and Owens was put in charge of making the glass bulbs for Edison General Electric’s electric lights. There he simplified the process by inventing a mould-opening device which could be operated by a glassblower by foot and came up with a paste that prevent the bulbs from sticking to the moulds.
The Fostoria Glass Company was a manufacturer of pressed, blown and hand-molded glassware and tableware. It began operations in Fostoria, Ohio, on December 15, 1887, on land donated by the townspeople. The new company was formed by men from West Virginia who were experienced in the glassmaking business.
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]
Ohio Glass Museum: Lancaster Fairfield Central Glass Pressed and blown glass objects from Ohio glass manufacturers Ohio Governor's Mansion: Bexley: Franklin Central Historic house 1920s mansion and garden, home to the Governor of Ohio since 1957 Ohio Railway Museum: Worthington: Franklin Central Railroad Ohio River Museum: Marietta Washington ...
Michael Joseph Owens invented the first semi-automatic glass-blowing machine while working for the Toledo Glass Company. [61] The company was owned by Edward Libbey, and together the pair would form companies which ultimately became known as Owens-Illinois and Owens Corning. Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the first airplane in Dayton.
Hobnail Finger Bowl made by Hobbs Glass Company after 1886. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hobnail glass is pressed glass with a pattern of raised bumps. It was created in 1886 at Hobbs, Brockunier and Company by William Leighton Jr. and William F. Russell. [85]