The story of Pittsburgh: Glass

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623056

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-239768

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Glass

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 5

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1920

Scope:: [ca. 16] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: American window Glass Machine Company

Collection:: Economics Books

and Kane, all in Pennsylvania, and at Hartford City, Ind. The company inaugurated the “continuous tank” melting furnace in-the window glass industry and now operates the largest glass-making furnaces in the world. Its pro- ducts include single strength and double strength window glass; 16-oz. picture glass, photographic dry plates, X-Ray plates, 26-oz. glass, 29-0z. glass, 84-0z. and +& crystal sheet. During the recent war, the company supplied all the glass for the army cantonments, and produced and shipped as high as 2,000,000 circles a week for use as lenses in gas masks. The products of the American Window Glass Company are well known in all parts of the world. UNITED STATES GLASS COMPANY The United States Glass Company is a Pennsylvania Corporation, organized in 1891 by the taking over of what at that time were among the largest and most prominent concerns in their particular branch of manufacture. It was one of the very first of industrial mergers, the same being formed with the idea of being able to make consider- able savings in the cost of producing and marketing the product. Only the most successful concerns were in- cluded at the time and the company started operations under very promising conditions. The line produced is the largest of any concern in what is known as the pressed blown table glassware business, which does not mean that articles only for table and house- hold uses are manufactured, but in reality the making of any article in glass which can be produced with the same or similiar equipment. Its product includes all kinds of articles for home and business purposes, such as Sugar and Cream Sets, Berry Dishes, Salt Bottles, Goblets, Tumblers, Water Pitchers Oil Bottles, Vases, etc., both in plain Crystal as well as Etched, Cut and Decorated. Also special ware, such as Blanks for Cutting, Door and Furniture Knobs, Automo-

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