Belmont Glass Company
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The Belmont Glass Company, also known as the Belmont Glass Works, was one of the first glass factories in Bellaire, Ohio. Bellaire was known as “Glass City” because of the numerous glass factories that operated there in the period from 1870 to 1885.[1] The city benefited from good transportation resources such as the Ohio River, the National Road, the Central Ohio Railroad, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad —- and it was part of the eastern Ohio coal region. Bellaire is part of Belmont County. An 1877 drawing of the Belmont Glass Works lists the company's products as "table ware, lamps, [and] stationers glass ware."[2]
Belmont Glass began operations in 1866[3], and its original directors were W. G. Barnard, Henry Faupel, Charles Henry Over, John Robinson, and David Carr. The company began as a chimney factory, but switched to glass pressware for the kitchen and bars.[4] The company also made lamps. The organizers of the company had glass-making experience gained from the South Wheeling Glass Works of Hobbs, Brockunier & Company located across the Ohio River. Henry Faupel is listed as president of the company in 1871-1872.[5] The company's president in 1877 was E. G. Morgan, and C. H. Thomas was company president in 1886.
While the company is often called the Belmont Glass Works, its name was Belmont Glass Company from 1866 to 1888, and then Belmont Glass Works from 1888 to 1890.[6] Some of the well-known glass-makers of the early 20th century learned their skill at this plant, including Jacob Crimmel, Billy Pracht, Johnny Mullen, Dennis Murphy, and Jas. "Hayes" O'Neil. These men were skilled in multiple-aspects of glass making, and they continued to practice their trade in Indiana, Ohio, and West Virginia after leaving Belmont Glass.[7] The economic times became difficult in the 1880s[8], and Belmont Glass ceased operations in 1890.
Belmont Glass Company/Works of Bellaire, Ohio should not be confused with several other companies with similar names. A Belmont Glass Works was located in Birmingham, England.[9] A Belmont Glass Company, Inc. is located in Belmont, New Hampshire.[10]
References
- ^ Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, by A. T. McKelvey, published by Biographic Publishing Company, Chicago Illinois, 1903, page 170.
- ^ "Belmont Glass Works, Bellaire, Ohio",compiled & drawn for the publishers by E.L. Hayes, Published by Titus, Simmons & Titus, Philadelphia, 1877[1]
- ^ Early Life in the Glass Industry, by Jake Crimmel, The American Flint May 1924 p.11. Note: History of the Upper Ohio Valley, Brant and Fuller, 1890, p. 484 agrees with the 1866 starting date, but Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, by A. T. McKelvey, published by Biographic Publishing Company, Chicago Illinois, 1903, page 170, says that the company was established in 1861.
- ^ A Complete Guide to Pressed Glass, by Bob H. Batty, Pelican Publishing Company, 1998
- ^ Wiggins and Weaver's Ohio River Directory for 1871-1872, Wiggins and Weaver, compilers and publishers.
- ^ Lechner, Mildred and Ralph (1998). The World of Salt Shakers Volume III[2]. Paducah, Kentucky: Collector Books. pp. 33. ISBN ISBN 1-57432-065-3, ISBN 978-1-57432-065-7.
- ^ Early Life in the Glass Industry, by Jake Crimmel, The American Flint May 1924 p.13.
- ^ A "trough" in the economic cycle was reached in June 1897 and again in December 1890.[3]
- ^ J.A. Berly's Universal Electrical Directory and Advertiser, published by Wm. Dawson and Sons, 1884, p.122.
- ^ Belmont is a common town name, and often a company will take the city (or county) name as part of its own name. Thus, companies with "Belmont Glass" as part of their name exist in several states, including Belmont, New Hampshire.[4]
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