Glass In Northwest Ohio

Download or read book Glass in Northwest Ohio written by Quentin R. Skrabec Jr. Ph.D. and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of natural gas around Findlay in 1886 started an industrial rush in northwest Ohio. Within five years, over 100 glass companies had moved into the region for free gas and railroad connections to the western markets. Unfortunately the gas ran out in just a few years, and many glass companies moved on, but those that stayed changed the nature of the glass industry forever. A brilliant inventor, Michael Owens of Libbey Glass automated the glass-making process after 3,000 years of no change. His automated bottle-making machine changed American life with the introduction of the milk bottle, beer bottle, glass jar, baby bottle, and soda bottle. It also eliminated child labor in the glass factories. Owens also automated the production of fl at glass by 1920. By 1930, over 85 percent of the worlds glass was being produced on the machines of Michael Owens, bestowing the title of Glass Capital of the World upon northwest Ohio.

Download or read book The Glass City written by Barbara L Floyd and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Toledo glass—past, present, and future

Download or read book Forgotten Visitors written by Tedd Long and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-16 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating stories behind the forgotten visits of famous people.

Download or read book A History of Northwest Ohio written by Nevin Otto Winter and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Toledo War written by Don Faber and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How a thin strip of land between the state of Ohio and Michigan started a war

Download or read book 200 Years of Glass written by Robert Zollweg and published by . This book was released on 2019-12 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Builders of Ohio written by Warren R. Van Tine and published by Ohio State University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Van Tine and Pierces "Builders of Ohio is composed of twenty-four essays that use biography to explore Ohio's history. Collectively, they provide a historical overview of the state's development from George Croghan's search for fame and fortune on the seventeenth-century frontier through Dave Thomas's more recent creation of a fast-food empire. Each chapter also addresses important events and transformations in the state's history such as: European settlement; Native American resistance; the creation of territorial and state governments; the development of the state's educational and economic institutions; the disruption created by the Civil War; the struggle of African Americans and women to participate in Ohio's public life; efforts to ameliorate the pernicious effects of industrialization; the negotiation of the state's role in a nation increasingly dominated by the federal government; or the ramifications of de-industrialization and rise of a service economy.