Adamston Flat Glass Factory, Glass Cutting Tool

Collection

Collection Number: A&M.4483

Staff Only

Content Description

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

Dates

ca. 1910-1930

Creator

Adamston Flat Glass Company (Former owner, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please contact the West Virginia and Regional History Center.

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.

Extent

.25 Linear Feet (3 in. (1 flat storage box))

Language

English

Additional Description

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 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/