What Is The History Of The Seneca Glass Company?

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Term Paper Title	What Is The History Of The Seneca Glass Company?
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What is the history of the Seneca Glass Company?






                                                Shay Wasserman
                                                Celia Miller
                                                WV Studies Project
                                                Mrs. Collin/Mrs. Staley
                                                                                                        March 3, 1999

America's first glass factory was built in 1608 at the Jamestown colony in Virginia. However, it was not until the establishment of Caspar Wistar's glassworks in southern New Jersey in 1739 that America's glass industry achieved its first successes. Wistar's factory produced mainly window glass and bottles, though his workers also made other types of containers of some elegance.


     West Virginia is losing yet another of its major and significant glass factories as Dalzell Viking has stopped production and is in the process of selling its molds, equipment and remaining inventory.

Glass has been produced at the same location since the late 1800's when the New Martinsville Glass Company began operations. In 1943 the factory was purchased and renamed the Viking Glass Company. In 1985 the factory was purchased by Mr. Dalz...

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