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Licking County has been a major player in the glass-making industry throughout the Midwest since the 1800s. Important glass manufacturers include Shields King & Co., the Newark Star glass factory, and entrepreneur Edward H. Everett. Since the 1800s, glass production has decreased in Licking County, though it is still an industry that is relevant to today.
History of Glass Manufacturing
editShields King & Co. was a glass manufacturing company founded in 1871, by William Shields, David E. Stevens, Oren G. King, William E. Atkinson, and David C. Weingarner. They got their start by making glass bottles, but also worked alongside other accomplices, such as Richard Lumley, to complete different patents. One of these patents was for self-sealing fruit jars.[1] Together, King & Co. worked in the Newark Star Glassworks factory to produce beer bottles, jars, bottle stoppers, and tokens, although there is no certainty on what the tokens were used for.[1]
They had been successful since their opening but after being bought by Edward H. Everett in 1880, business soared through the late 1880s and they produced 20,000 dollars worth of beer bottles for a brewing company in Cincinnati.[1] The factory flourished until it burnt down in May 1893, only to begin production again in December.[1] Everett decided to facilitate a combination with other glass companies in 1905 to create The American Bottle Company, which became a prominent manufacturer of glass containers in the Midwest. They were known for producing various bottles and jars for multiple industries.[2]
The American Bottle Co. ceased production in 1916 as it gradually terminated the factories it was working with.[2]
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