Corning listing

[Trade Journal]

Publication: Glass Factory Year Book and Directory

Pittsburgh, PA, United States
p. 153,, col. 1


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TABLEWARE and FLINT GLASS

MANUFACTURERS


In this section are manufacturers of lime, flint and special glass, both pressed and blown, for all purposes.

Product classification listings follow immediately after the factory listings.

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Corning Glass Works, Corning, N. Y. (Corning 6-3721) Plants at Corning, N. Y.; Wellsboro, Pa.; Central Falls, R. I.; Bradford, Pa.; Parkersburg, W. Va.; Muskogee, Oka.; Charleroi, Pa.; Albion, Mich.; Danville, Ky.; Harrodsburg, Ky.

Corning, 2 furnaces, 32 pots; 10 continuous tanks; 4 day tanks. Pressware Plant, Corning, 2 continuous tanks. Fall Brook Division, Corning, 5 continuous tanks. Pot and Clay Plant, Corning (manufactures special refractories). Wellsboro, 2 continuous tanks. Central Falls, 2 continuous tanks. Charleroi, 9 continuous tanks, 1 day tank. Bradford plant (a metalizing plant). Parkersburg plant, 2 continuous tanks. Muskogee plant, 1 continuous tank. Albion plant, 2 continuous tanks. Danville, Ky., 2 continuous tanks. Harrodsburg, Ky. (optical and opthalmic glass). Amory Houghton, chairman of the board of directors; Glen W. Cole, vice chairman of the board of directors; W. C. Decker, president; George D. Macbeth, vice president and controller; Frederick H. Knight, secretary; Harry M. Hosier, vice president in charge of industrial relations; Charles D. LaFollette, vice president, director of sales and treasurer; Frank S. Conable, director of purchases; Ralph P. Baker, purchasing agent. "Pyrex" brand products; oven ware, flameware, coffee-maker bowls, laboratory ware, pharmaceutical ware, industrial ware, insulators, gauge glasses, tubing, piping, cylinders, filter glasses, lantern globes and special technical ware. "Corning" brand products: lamp, radio, X-ray and television; bulbs, tubing, thermometer tubing, optical and opthalmic glass, optical and signal ware for railroad, marine, traffic, and aviation use, filter glasses, tumblers, pressed table ware, commercial, residential illuminating glassware, street lighting globes, lamp shades and parts, lamp chimneys, lantern globes, gauge glasses. "Steuben" brand products: table ware, artware. "Vycor" brand products: industrial, laboratory and pharmaceutical ware, precision finished glassware, ultraviolet transmitting glass.

 

Corning Glass Works of Canada, Ltd., Leasdie, Ont., Canada.

W. C. Decker, president; John Carter, vice president; F. H. Knight, secretary; C. H. Kruidenier, treasurer; H. C. Bates, general manager; A. P. Ratcliffe, purchasing agent; G. L. Williamson, chemist. 1 continuous tank, 2 rings. 5 machines. Mouldmaking shop. Baking and cooking ware, colored, decorated, dinnerware, illuminating, machine-made, blown and pressed, opal, nursers. Pyrex and Crown ware.

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Keywords:Corning Glass Works
Researcher notes: 
Supplemental information: 
Researcher:Bob Stahr
Date completed:August 8, 2011 by: Bob Stahr;