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At one time, steamships traveling down the Ohio River knew Bellaire as the last stop for coal until Cincinnati. [9] Bellaire had ten coal mines in the hills adjacent to the town. [10] An 1873 map shows the Central Ohio Railroad entering Bellaire from the west, and the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad entering Bellaire from the north. [11]
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
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. [11] In early 1886, a major discovery of natural gas (the Karg Well) occurred in northwest Ohio near the small village of Findlay. [12] Communities in northwestern Ohio began ...
The city of Bellaire, which had 17 glass furnaces in 1884, had only have 3 furnaces remaining by 1891. [34] The Belmont Glass Works closed in 1890, and the plant was torn down. In 1893, the Novelty Stamping Company began operating in a new building constructed on the site of the former glass works.
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]
The B&O Railroad's first bridge across the Ohio River, built in 1857, served a rail line through Parkersburg, West Virginia. But the growing center of Chicago, Illinois, made a span between Benwood, West Virginia, and Bellaire more desirable. In 1865, the B&O obtained the Central Ohio Railroad and later the Sandusky, Mansfield & Newark Railroad.
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