Corning listing

[Trade Journal]

Publication: American Glass Review Glass Factory Directory Issue

Pittsburgh, PA, United States
p. 153,160,162,164, col. 1


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Manufacturers of

Tableware, Industrial,

Laboratory Glass, Etc.

 

The following detailed listings include manufacturers of lime, flint and special glass both pressed and blown. Factory listings by product follow the factory data section.

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Corning Glass Works, Houghton Park, Corning, N. Y. 14830 (Tel. 607-962-5011) Factories at Corning and Big Flats, N. Y.; Albion, Mich.; Bradford, Pa.; Central Falls, R. I.; Charleroi, Pa.; Danville, Ky.; Greencastle, Pa.; Greenville, Ohio; Harrodsburg, Ky.; Muskogee, Okla.; Martinsburg, Parkersburg and Paden City, W. Va.; Wellsboro, Pa.; Danville, Va.; Raleigh, N. C.; Bluffton, Ind. Medfield, Mass.; Frederick, Md.; Marshall, Mich.; Sunnyvale, Calif.; Blacksburg, Va.; Buckhannon, W. Va.; Canton, N.Y.; Louisville, Ky.; Oneonta, N.Y.; Horseheads, N. Y.; Newton, N.J.; North Bergen, N. J.; Wilmington, N.C.; State College, Pa.; Provo, Utah; Utah Valley, Utah (under construction).

Albion plant, 2 continuous tanks. Bradford plant, (electronic components). Central Falls plant, 3 continuous tanks. Charleroi plant, 6 continuous tanks, 1 day tank. Danville plant, 2 continuous tanks. Greenville plant, 2 continuous tanks. Fall Brook plant, Corning, 5 continuous tanks. Harrodsburg plant, 9 continuous tanks. Main plant, Corning, 2 furnaces, 32 pots; 10 continuous tanks; 2 day tanks. Martinsburg plant, 1 continuous tank. Muskogee plant, 2 continuous tanks. Parkersburg plant, 2 continuous tanks. Pilot Plant, Corning, 1 continuous tank. Pressware Plant, Corning, 2 continuous tanks. Refractories plant, Corning (manufacturing special refractories). Wellsboro, 2 continuous tanks. Danville, Va., 4 continuous tanks; Bluffton, 1 tank.

Amory Houghton, Jr., chairman of the board; R. Lee Waterman, president; Edward C. Leibig, vice-president; A. W. Dawson, vice-president and general manager, Technical Products Division; Thomas C. MacAvoy, vice-president; William H. Armistead, vice president; Paul T. Clark, vice-president; Oakes Ames, vice-president; F. Philip Hunt, vice president; Thomas S. Wood, Jr., vice-president and purchasing agent; Julian H. Allen, vice-president; Campbell Rutledge, vice-president; Thomas Waaland, treasurer; Robert W. Foster, controller; Frederick H. Knight, secretary; Robert D. Murphy, chairman, Corning Glass International; Forrest E. Behm, president, Corning Glass International; Armory Houghton, Jr., president, Steuben Glass.

"Pyrex" brand products: ovenware; range-top ware; dinnerware; laboratory ware; pharmaceutical, industrial ware; gauge glasses; tubing; piping; cylinders; and special technical ware. "Corning" brand products: bulbs for lamp, radio, x-ray, and television; fluorescent and thermometer tubing, optical and opthalmic glass; signal ware for railroad, marine, traffic, and aviation use; filter glasses; commercial and residential illuminating glassware; street lighting globes; capacitors, resistors, and other electronic components; atomic radiation shielding windows; photosensitive glasses. "Steuben" products: table glass, artware. "Vycor" brand products: industrial, laboratory and pharmaceutical ware; precision finished glassware, ultraviolet transmitting glass. "Pyroceram" brand products: sealing cements, nose cones, cooking ware, beverage makers, dinnerware of glass ceramic materials. "Corning Ware" brand products: cooking ware, beverage makers. "Centura" brand products: dinnerware. Chemcor process. Blanks, lamp chimneys, lamp parts, marbles, balls and beads, opal. Handmade blown and pressed, machine-made blown and pressed.

 

Corning Glass Works of Canada, Ltd., 135 Vanderhood Ave., Toronto 17, Ont., Canada (Tel. 416-421-1500). Branch Factory: Bracebridge, Ont. (Tel. 645-5331).

R. L. Waterman, chairman of the board; A. W. Dawson, vice-chairman; D. A. Shepherd, president; T. M. Gillan, vice-president, sales; F. H. Knight, secretary; C. H. Kruidenier, treasurer; D. C. Mozena, plant manager, Toronto; M. G. Locklin, plant manager, Bracebridge; P. J. H. Rowland, purchasing agent; R. W. C. Barrett, engineer; W. G. Covey, consumer sales manager; R. G. Morrison, lab products; R. W. Hull, building products. 1 continuous tank, 1 ceramic kiln, 1 decorating kiln. Machinemade baking, cooking, and serving ware, colored, decorated dinnerware. Pyrex and and Corning Ware, television bulbs.

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Keywords:Corning Glass Works
Researcher notes: 
Supplemental information: 
Researcher:Bob Stahr
Date completed:July 14, 2012 by: Bob Stahr;