![]() ![]() Finally, neighboring states, especially Pennsylvania and Ohio, were home to an abundance of skilled craftsmen still essential to glass production at a time when technological changes had just begun to restructure the industry.īy the mid-19th century, factories, firms, and workers were increasingly specialized in the various branches of glassmaking: glass tableware, bottles and containers, and flat glass (plate and window glass). At the same time, railroads had improved transportation in the state, and local booster movements in numerous towns aggressively recruited manufacturing enterprises to build on the plentiful natural resources. The emergence of a significant glass sand industry in the Eastern Panhandle and the growing availability of cheap fuels, especially natural gas, provided the natural resources critical to glassmaking. E-WV | Glass Industry | Back to e-WV The West Virginia EncyclopediaĪlthough glass was made here much earlier, West Virginia became an important glass manufacturing state at the end of the 19th century. ![]()
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