Adamston Flat Glass Factory, Glass Cutting Tool

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Adamston Flat Glass Factory, Glass Cutting Tool, A&M 4483, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.25 Linear Feet 3 in. (1 flat storage box)
Creator:
Adamston Flat Glass Company
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Adamston Flat Glass Factory, Glass Cutting Tool, A&M 4483, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

A metal tool with a wooden handle, known as a "splitter", used for cutting glass. The tool was used at the Adamston Flat Glass Factory, which was located in Adamston, West Virginia (a former town that is now part of the city of Clarkburg).

For additional information regarding the Adamston Glass Factory and the glassmaking industry in West Virginia, see also:
A&M 2870, Fourco Glass Company Records
A&M 3911, Window Glass Cutters League of America, Materials Collected by Richard Duez
A&M 5170, Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Historian, Research Papers Regarding Glass Industry Towns in West Virginia

Biographical / historical:

The Adamston Flat Glass factory was built in 1901. This factory was one of a number of glass factories that operated in the Clarksburg area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; these factories mainly produced window glass. In 1935, the Adamston Flat Glass Factory merged with three other glass companies to form the Fourco Glass Company. Production ceased at the Adamston factory ca. 1976 and the Fourco Glass Company closed in 1979.

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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