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History of the development of the glass industry in Wheeling, WV.
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The Glass Town of
Founded in 1769 by Colonel Ebenezer Zane Originally Wheeling, VA
Was the original capital of the state from 1863–1870 and 1875-85
Access to the Ohio River
“Cumberland” National Road, the nation’s first roadway, was created by an act of Congress and reached Wheeling in 1818 from Cumberland, Maryland
B & O Railroad (1853)
Tarnell and McGriffin Carruthers 1820-1821 UnKnown
Gregg and Carruthers Pennell circa 1821 Unknown Products
Ritchie and Wheat 1829-circa 1839; cut glass, tableware
Wheeling Flint Glass Works 1829-1831; unknown products
Plunkett and Ensell 1830-1837; window glass
Franklin Glass House; unknown products
M and R.H. Sweeney and Company 1835-1845; cut glass, barware, stemware
Peachblow Jar with Lid 1885-1891WV Glass Towns, Dean Six
Plunkett and Miller 1837-1843; tableware, cut glass
Clinton Window Glass Works circa 1839; window glass
McNamee and Adams 1839-1842; unknown products
South Wheeling Glass Works circa 1840; unknown products
M & T Sweeney 1845-1848; tableware, cutglass
American Flint Glass Works 1848-1852; cut glass
Sweeney and Bell 1848-1851; tableware, cut glass
Union Glass Works circa 1849; hollowware
Hobbs, Barnes & Company 1849-circa 1856; tableware, novelties
Hobbs & Barnes post 1856-circa 1880; tableware/pressed
Anderson & Company circa 1850; unknown products
T. Sweeney and Son 1852-1863; tableware, cut glass
Quarrier and Company circa 1856; products unknown
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co. 1863-curca 1886; tableware, art glass, lighting ware
Osterling & Hall 1863-1864; unknown products
Osterling, Henderson and Co 1864-1867; unknown products
WV Glass Towns, Dean Six
Central Glass Company 1867-1891; tableware
Sweeney, Bell and Co 1867-1868; tableware, cut glass
North Wheeling Glass Co. 1886-1917; beer, medicine, mineral water & novelty bottles
Hobbs Glass Company 1891; pressed pattern glass
U.S. Glass Factory O 1891-1896; tableware
U.S. Glass Factory H 1981-1983; tableware, art glass
Central Glass Works 1896-1939; tableware, stemware
H. Northwood & Co 1902-1925; tableware, novelties
WV Glass Towns, Dean Six
Wheeling Glass Letter & Novelty Co. circa 1904-circa 1915; glass letters for signs, novelties
Enterprise Specialty Co circa 1907; tableware
Haskings Glass Company circa 1913; gas & electric shades, globes
North Wheeling Glass Bottle Co. 1919-1923; flasks, medicine bottles
Bonita Art Glass Company circa 1919-1925; stem ware, bar ware, tableware
Large green crackle glass flip vase w/ label “Bonita Hand Made” rough pontil , small imitation crackle fan vase with applied leaf, rough pontil. (from WV Glass: Between the World Wars – Schiffer/Six)
WV Glass Towns, Dean Six
1863 formed by disgruntled employees of Barnes, Hobbs and Co.
Collectively financed the opening of their own glasshouse in an old pork packing plant and distillery
High-grade tableware, gold decorated and cut stemware and tumblers, etched tableware, hotel and bar glassware (WV Glass Between the World Wars, Schiffer/Six)
Purchased Chippendale line moulds (pressed patterns) from Jefferson Glass.
Later combined with US Glass Co and became ‘Factory O’ in 1891 – flint glass/tableware
Circa 1871 – Cabbage Rose Design
1901 Otto Jaegar organized the company and served as secretary, treasurer, and general manager.
Specialized in stem ware, bar ware, tableware, decorative china and glass
Jaegar moved the company to Huntington, WV in 1925 following an accident being hit by a car.
1931 Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. est. headquarters in Wheeling
Produced metal closures for bottles and jars.
Never produced hot glass at this location.
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