Corning purchases Rhode Island Division of National Lamp Works

[Trade Journal]

Publication: Crockery & Glass Journal

New York, NY, United States
vol. 98, no. 12, p. 24, col. 1

GLASS FACTORY ACTIVITIES

AND PITTSBURGH NEWS

News has been received by the trade here of the purchase by the Corning Glass Works of the real estate, plant and equipment of the Rhode Island Division of the National Lamp Works, Central Falls, R. I., and which has been operated by the National interests for the last ten years. The company gives employment to about 125 people, and the shop has been taken over as a going business. The plant sold for approximately $235,000.

Keywords:	Corning Glass Works
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Supplemental information:
Researcher:	Bob Stahr
Date completed:	December 22, 2008 by: Bob Stahr;