[Newspaper]
Publication: The Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Cincinnati, OH, United States
vol. 64, no. 229, p. 4, col. 3
MANUFACTURE OF GLASSWARE. — We had the pleasure a few days since, of witnessing the process of manufacturing Glassware at the establishment of Messrs. Gray, Hemingray & Bros., in Covington.
The glass works are situated on the river bank, between the landing places on the Kentucky shore of the Walnut street and Western Row ferries. The process of the manufacture is an interesting one.
Near the edge of the bank is a large furnace, with nine receptacles for the cullet or broken glass, and two finishing furnaces. The workman inserts a hollow tube into the melted mass, and by giving the tube a circular motion obtains the desired quantity. Then the tube is handed to another person, who blows through it, and by different motions in the air produces any shaped article that may be required. We noticed a young man making pint bottles, which he did with remarkable facility. About thirty-two hundred can be made daily. Another workman was busy making balloon-jars, at which he seemed very expert. Happening to stand near, he called for some one to blow, and as we can blow some, we took up a pair of bellows and worked away, making ourself quite useful. The process of making glass pitchers is singular. After shaping, the mouth is cut with a sharp pair of scissors, and then a melted lump of glass attached to the pitcher and made a handle of by the workman, the vessel is soon finished, with the exception of the process of annealing.
Lightning rod insulators are made in a very rapid manner; three thousand can be made in one day. Messrs. G., H. & Bros. employ about sixty hands. Their works are perhaps as advantageously situated as any similar ones in the West.
