Belmont Glass Works

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The history of Belmont Glass Company began in Wheeling, West Virginia, as much of the company's glass-making talent came from that town. Wheeling was an early glass producing center in the American "west", where glass was first made in the 1820s.{{harvnb|Weeks|United States Census Office|1884|p=78}} This success, supported by low cost fuel and the Ohio River as a transportation resource, encouraged other firms to make glass in Wheeling. One of the larger glass works on the south side of town was purchased by the Hobbs family in 1845, and operated under various names.{{harvnb|Weeks|United States Census Office|1884|p=79}} This firm was still in operation in the 1880s under the name of J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier and Company.{{#tag:ref|The Hobbs glass works was located on the south side of Wheeling, Virginia (later West Virginia). The community was originally called Richietown. The Hobbs works changed names multiple times over a 45-year period. One of the early names was Barnes, Hobbs and Company. It was also known as J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier and Company, and later Hobbs Glass Company.{{harvnb|Crammer|Jepson|Trainer|Taneyhill|1890|p=323}}|group=Note}}

The community of Bellaire is located in Belmont County, Ohio, along the Ohio River and not far from Wheeling, West Virginia.{{harvnb|McKelvey|1903|p=82}} Belmont County is located in the Ohio coal belt.{{harvnb|McKelvey|1903|p=79}} At one time, steamships traveling down the Ohio River knew Bellaire as the last stop for coal until they arrived at Cincinnati.{{harvnb|Bruno|Ehritz|2009|p=7}} In 1866, the town had railroad service from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad.{{#tag:ref|The Central Ohio Railroad was completed to Bellaire in 1854. It was acquired by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1866.{{cite web

|title=Historic Marker Central Ohio RR

|website= William G. Pomeroy Foundation

|url=https://www.wgpfoundation.org/historic-markers/central-ohio-rr/

|access-date=June 13, 2025}}|group=Note}} The National Road also ran through Bellaire.{{harvnb|McKelvey|1903|p=68}} Given the town's transportation resources, fuel resource, and experienced workforce nearby, Bellaire was an excellent location for a glass manufacturing plant.{{harvnb|Crammer|Jepson|Trainer|Taneyhill|1890|p=484}}

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In August 1865, a new glass manufacturer called Barnes, Faupel and Company was organized in Bellaire, Ohio, as a cooperative.{{cite news

|title=A Co-operative Establishment at Bellair—The Glass Works of Barnes, Faupel and Co. (page 2 far left column)

|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026844/1867-08-09/ed-1/seq-2/

|newspaper=Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (from Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress)

|date=August 9, 1867

|last=

|first=}} The association was started by 18 men from Wheeling and Pittsburg who had glass making experience.{{multiref|{{cite news

|title=A Co-operative Establishment at Bellair—The Glass Works of Barnes, Faupel and Co. (page 2 far left column)

|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026844/1867-08-09/ed-1/seq-2/

|newspaper=Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (from Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress)

|date=August 9, 1867

|last=

|first=}};|{{harvnb|Crammer|Jepson|Trainer|Taneyhill|1890|p=323}}}} Directors were W.G. Barnard, Henry Faupel, Charles Henry Over, John Robinson, and David Carr.{{harvnb|McKelvey|1903|p=170}}{{#tag:ref|Faupel's name is sometimes misspelled. Two examples in books are "Fnapel" or "Fauple".{{multiref|{{harvnb|Revi|1964|p=69}};|{{harvnb|McKelvey|1903|p=170}}}} His name is spelled as "Faupel" in another book, a company advertisement, and his patent.{{multiref|{{harvnb|Crammer|Jepson|Trainer|Taneyhill|1890|p=581}};|{{cite news

|title=Belmont Glass Works - Barnes, Faupel & Co. (page 2, column 3 near bottom)

|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026844/1866-03-12/ed-1/seq-2/

|newspaper=Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (from Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress)

|date=March 12, 1866

|last=

|first=}};|{{cite patent

| country =United States

| number =129,679

| status =

| title =Improvement in Glass-Molds

| pubdate =

| gdate =July 23, 1872

| fdate =

| pridate =

| inventor =

| invent1 =C.H. Over

| invent2 =John Robinson

| invent3 =Henry Faupel

| assign1 =

| assign2 =

| class =

| url =https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/42/06/29/b20aab02c26f85/US129679.pdf

}}}}|group=Note}} Others involved in the early years were George B. Barnes as business manager and financier, Henry J. Leasure as factory superintendent, C.T. Cowan as superintendent of packing and shipping, James W. Gill, H. Robinson, B. Robinson, John Crimmel, and Henry Crimmel. At least three of these men were also American Civil War veterans: Henry Crimmel, Charles Henry Over, and John Robinson.{{cite news

|title=The News Near Home - Bellaire (page 4 further down column)

|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026844/1882-11-27/ed-1/seq-4/

|newspaper=Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (from Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress)

|date=November 27, 1882

|last=

|first=}}

The Belmont Glass Works was Bellaire's first of many glass plants, and the second in Belmont County.{{#tag:ref|A different "Belmont Glass Works" was established in 1805 in Birmingham, England.{{harvnb|Unnamed|1879|p=499}}|group=Note}} The company helped the community become a major glass-making center. In 1880, the state of Ohio ranked fourth in the country in glass production, and Belmont County ranked sixth among the nation's counties.{{harvnb|Weeks|United States Census Office|1884|p=11}} By 1881, the town had 15 glass factories, and was known as "Glass City". At the beginning of the next decade, the state of Ohio was ranked second in the nation in glass production based on the value of the product.{{harvnb|United States Census Office|1895|p=315}}

File:CropOfBelmontGlass.png

Manufacturing began in January 1866, and products were sold in Wheeling, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati.{{#tag:ref|Several sources cite 1866, the year production began, as the company's start year.{{multiref|{{harvnb|Crammer|Jepson|Trainer|Taneyhill|1890|p=323}};|{{harvnb|Lechner|Lechner|1998|p=33}};|{{harvnb|Revi|1964|p=69}}}} Two sources incorrectly use 1861 as the start.{{multiref|{{harvnb|McKelvey|1903|p=170}};|{{harvnb|Paquette|2002|p=56}}}}|group=Note}} Although the company name was Barnes, Faupel and Company—the glass making plant was called Belmont Glass Works.{{multiref|{{cite news

|title=Notice (5th column from left on page 3)

|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85026241/1868-08-06/ed-1/seq-3/

|newspaper=Belmont Chronicle (Saint Clairsville, Ohio) (from Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress)

|date=August 6, 1868

|last=

|first=}};|{{cite news

|title=Belmont Glass Works (advertisement in 3rd column from left on page 2)

|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026844/1866-03-12/ed-1/seq-2/

|newspaper=Wheeling Intelligencer (from Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress)

|date=March 12, 1866

|last=

|first=}}}} Products were blown and pressed glassware, including wares blown into molds. One product was lamps, which were used for home lighting.{{#tag:ref|Kerosine lamps were used in the home for lighting during the 1860s, since electric lighting did not begin until the late 1800s.{{multiref|{{cite web

|title=History of the Kerosene Lamp

|website=Iowa State University – University Museums

|date=24 April 2020

|url=https://www.museums.iastate.edu/virtual/blog/2020/04/24/the-history-of-the-kerosene-lamp

|access-date=August 21, 2023

|archive-date=August 21, 2023

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821203805/https://www.museums.iastate.edu/virtual/blog/2020/04/24/the-history-of-the-kerosene-lamp

|url-status=live

}};| {{cite web

|title=Shining a Light on Oil Lamps

|website=Boylston Historical Society (Massachusetts)

|date=2020

|url=https://www.boylstonhistory.org/category/Shining_a_Light_on_Oil_Lamps/c104#:~:text=In%201857%20Michael%20Dietz%20brought,led%20to%20increasingly%20brighter%20lamps.&text=When%20Congress%20passed%20the%20Revenue,when%20the%20power%20goes%20out!

|access-date=August 6, 2024

|archive-date=April 13, 2024

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413030340/https://www.boylstonhistory.org/category/Shining_a_Light_on_Oil_Lamps/c104#:~:text=In%201857%20Michael%20Dietz%20brought,led%20to%20increasingly%20brighter%20lamps.&text=When%20Congress%20passed%20the%20Revenue,when%20the%20power%20goes%20out!

|url-status=live

}};| {{cite web

|title=Camphene to Kerosene Lamps

|website=American Oil & Gas Historical Society

|date=2024

|url=https://aoghs.org/products/camphene-to-kerosene-lamps/

|access-date=August 6, 2024

}}}} Lamps consisted of a stand, font, chimney, and often a shade.{{harvnb|Shotwell|2002|pp=290–291}} The font (also spelled "fount") held the kerosine for the lamp.{{harvnb|Shotwell|2002|p=189}} The chimney was a glass tube placed around the lamp's flame that had a bulge at the base that kept drafts away from the flame and added extra illumination.{{harvnb|Shotwell|2002|p=85}} A lamp's shade was a glass object that surrounded the light source and diffused it.{{harvnb|Shotwell|2002|p=494}}|group=Note}} Other products were goblets, bar goods, and tablewares including salt shakers.{{multiref|{{cite news

|title=Belmont Glass Works - Barnes, Faupel & Co. (page 2, column 3 near bottom)

|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026844/1866-03-12/ed-1/seq-2/

|newspaper=Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (from Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress)

|date=March 12, 1866

|last=

|first=}};|{{harvnb|Lechner|Lechner|1998|p=33}};|{{harvnb|Revi|1964|pp=69–70}}}} By the end of 1867, the glass works had more orders for glassware than it could produce. The products were considered superior, and a major reason for the high quality was that the main workers were the owners of the business.{{cite news

|last=

|first=

|title=Bellaire (3rd paragraph)

|newspaper=Belmont Chronicle (Saint Clairsville, Ohio) (from NewspaperArchive)

|page = 2

|date = November 14, 1867

|quote=The Glass House of Messrs. Leasure, Barnes, Faupel & Co...is doing an excellent business....}}

In 1868 the company was incorporated under the name Belmont Glass Works.{{harvnb|Ohio|1870|p=9}}{{#tag:ref|Sources conflict about the company name in 1868. The state of Ohio, listing new incorporations, calls the company "Belmont Glass Works", as does a newspaper article discussing the incorporation.{{multiref|{{harvnb|Ohio|1870|p=9}};|{{cite news

|title=Filed Yesterday (page 3, 2nd column from right, near bottom)

|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84028645/1868-12-09/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=12%2F01%2F1868&index=0&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Belmont+Glass&proxdistance=5&date2=12%2F31%2F1868&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Belmont+Glass&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1

|newspaper=Daily Ohio Statesman (from Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress)

|date=December 9, 1868

|last=

|first=}}}} Other sources that use "Works" in the name for various years include: McKelvey, Crammer et al., the Ohio Department of Inspection, and Weaver and Wiggins.{{multiref|{{harvnb|McKelvey|1903|p=722}};|{{harvnb|Crammer|Jepson|Trainer|Taneyhill|1890|pp=484–485}};|{{harvnb|Ohio Department of Inspection of Workshops and Factories|1889|p=37}};|{{harvnb|Wiggins|Weaver|1871|p=153}}}} Lechner and Lechner list the company name as "Belmont Glass Company" from 1866 to 1888, and "Belmont Glass Works" from 1888 to 1890.{{harvnb|Lechner|Lechner|1998|p=33}} Paquette, Revi, and Shotwell call the firm "Belmont Glass Company".{{multiref|{{harvnb|Paquette|2002|pp=56–57}};|{{harvnb|Revi|1964|p=69}};|{{harvnb|Shotwell|2002|p=37}}}}|group=Note}} The incorporators were Henry Faupel, Levi Cassell, James S. Gill, Charles Henry Over, John Robinson, John Crimmel, and Thomas J. Fleming.{{cite news

|title=Filed Yesterday (2nd column from left, near bottom on page 3)

|url= https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84028645/1868-12-09/ed-1/seq-3/

|newspaper=Daily Ohio Statesman (Columbus, Ohio) (from Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress)

|date=December 9, 1868

|last=

|first=}} An 1871 directory provides a glimpse of some of the skills of the early work force and company founders. Henry Faupel is listed as president of Belmont Glass Works, and William Gorby as treasurer.{{harvnb|Wiggins|Weaver|1871|p=153}} Levi Cassell is listed as the Belmont Glass Works manager. Charles Henry Over, John Robinson, and John Crimmel are listed as glass-blowers.{{harvnb|Wiggins|Weaver|1871|pp=152, 156}} "G.B. Barnes" was listed as a machinist.{{harvnb|Wiggins|Weaver|1871|p=151}} Jacob Crimmel worked for several periods at Belmont Glass, and was very active during the early days of the American Flint Glass Workers' Union.{{harvnb|Cook|1928|pp=12–14}}

By February 1870, the company was producing about $200,000 ({{Inflation|US|200000|1870|fmt=eq}}) worth of glass per year, and was considering adding to their capacity.{{cite news

|title=Belmont County Items (page 4 bottom of column 3 and top of column 4)

|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026844/1870-02-25/ed-1/seq-4/

|newspaper=Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (from Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress)

|date=February 25, 1870

|last=

|first=}} A new furnace was in operation by November 1870, giving the factory two furnaces and double their original capacity.{{multiref|{{cite news

|title=(page 2 column 3, 2/3 down "The Belmont Glass Works have had...)

|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85026241/1870-11-03/ed-1/seq-2/

|newspaper=Belmont Chronicle (St. Clairsville, Ohio) (from Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress)

|date=November 3, 1870

|last=

|first=}};|{{cite news

|title=Bellaire Locals - Business

|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85026241/1871-05-04/ed-1/seq-3/

|newspaper=Belmont Chronicle (St. Clairsville, Ohio) (from Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress)

|date=May 4, 1871

|last=

|first=}}}} In 1872, with the plant's capacity expanded, its employee count reached 150.{{harvnb|Revi|1964|p=69}} That same year, Charles H. Over, John Robinson, and Henry Faupel patented a seamless chimney mold—an improvement to the current version that left seams on the glass.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US129679?oq=%22John+Robinson%22+Bellaire US patent 129,679], "Improvement in Glass Molds", issued 1872–7–23 At the beginning of 1875 George W. Hoge was elected president of the company, and William A. Gorby Secretary. It was noted that $500 ({{Inflation|US|500|1868|fmt=eq}}) of the company's original stock was worth $3,125 ({{Inflation|US|3125|1874|fmt=eq}}), and the company was called "one of the most reliable and flourishing establishments in the country".{{cite news

|title=Neighborhood News - Bellaire (page 4 column 4, 1/3 down "Belmont Glass Works...)

|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026847/1875-01-21/ed-1/seq-4/

|newspaper=Wheeling Daily Register (from Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress)

|date=January 21, 1875

|last=

|first=}} The board of directors elected for 1880 were Julius Armstrong, John Crimmel, L.C. Stifel, Jacob Wise, S.O. Cummins, James S. Gill, and George Wise. Armstrong was president.{{cite news

|title=(page 3 column 2, 2/3 down "The Belmont Glass Works Company...)

|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85026241/1880-01-22/ed-1/seq-3/

|newspaper=Belmont Chronicle (St. Clairsville, Ohio) (from Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress)

|date=January 22, 1880

|last=

|first=}} By 1884, Belmont Glass Works employed 225 men, 25 women, and 100 minors.{{harvnb|Ohio Department of Inspection of Workshops and Factories|1885|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=qilOAAAAYAAJ&dq=Belmont+Glass+Works+Roose+Hill&pg=PA110 110]}} During the 1880s, the company was producing sophisticated novelty items such as salt shakers with zipper patterns and translucent striped opalescent glass.

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Several issues contributed to the eventual closing of the Belmont Glass Works. The company lost some talent as early as 1876, when John Robinson, C. H. Over, and William Gorby left to start the Bellaire Goblet Company. A bigger problem was the discovery of natural gas in northwest Ohio. In early 1886, a major discovery of natural gas occurred near the small village of Findlay.{{harvnb|Paquette|2002|pp=24–25}} Soon communities in the area were enticing glass companies to relocate with promises of free fuel, free land, and cash.{{harvnb|Paquette|2002|p=26}} The new glass factories typically needed experienced glass workers to run the factories, and many of them came from Wheeling and Bellaire. A final blow to the Belmont Glass Works was the U.S. economy, which suffered through three recessions between 1882 and 1891.{{cite web

|title= US Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions

|publisher= National Bureau of Economic Research

|url= https://www.nber.org/cycles/

|access-date= 2012-09-23

|url-status= dead

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080925210636/https://www.nber.org/cycles/

|archive-date= September 25, 2008

|df= mdy-all

}} These factors affected all glass factories in the region. The city of Bellaire, which had 17 glass furnaces in 1884, had only have 3 furnaces remaining by 1891.{{harvnb|Unnamed|1903|pp=123–125}} By 1888, the Belmont Glass Works was down to 185 male employees, plus 20 woman and 30 minors.{{harvnb|Ohio Department of Inspection of Workshops and Factories|1889|p=37}} Henry Faupel, one of the company founders, died unexpectedly during April 1889.{{cite news

|last=

|first=

|title= (Untitled, column 2 near bottom of page)

|newspaper=Saint Clairsville Belmont Chronicle (Newspaper Archive)

|page = 3

|date = April 11, 1889

|quote=henry Faupel, one of the best known residents of Bellaire, died suddenly....}} The Belmont Glass Works closed in 1890, and the plant was torn down. In 1893, the Novelty Stamping Company began operating in a new building constructed on the site of the former glass works.{{harvnb|McKelvey|1903|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=idkyAQAAMAAJ&dq=belmont+glass+torn+down&pg=PA722 722]}}

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After the Belmont Glass Company/Works closed in 1890, the plant's legacy lived on—as former employees helped establish other glass factories in the region. Charles Henry Over left Belmont Glass in 1876 to form the Bellaire Goblet Company—which became nationally known for its tableware products.{{harvnb|Paquette|2002|p=56}} Joining him were Judge E. G. Morgan, William Gorby, John Robinson, Melvin Blackburn, and Henry Carr. C. H. Over, Robinson, and Carr were among the Belmont Glass Company's founders and original board members. William Gorby had been Belmont's secretary. Morgan was the new company's president, Gorby the secretary, C. H. Over the manager, and Robinson the plant superintendent. By 1888, the plant employed about 300 people.{{harvnb|Paquette|2002|p=56}} In 1888, the Bellaire Goblet Company moved to Findlay, Ohio. Henry Over decided not to move to Findlay, and instead founded a new glass works in Muncie, Indiana—the C. H. Over Glass Company.{{harvnb|Paquette|2002|p=117}} This glass factory employed about 175 people.{{harvnb|Glass|Kohrman|2005|p=26}}

John Robinson, who had been plant superintendent when working at Belmont Glass, was named factory manager (replacing Over) of Bellaire Goblet after the 1888 move to Findlay, Ohio.{{harvnb|Paquette|2002|p=57}} In 1891, Bellaire Goblet became part of the U.S. Glass Company conglomerate. While William Gorby remained with the parent firm for many years, Robinson eventually resigned his position. In 1893, Robinson started the Robinson Glass Company in Zanesville, Ohio.{{harvnb|Paquette|2002|p=60}} Financial assistance was provided by additional investors, including Melvin Blackburn—a partner from the Bellaire Goblet Company. The company produced tableware, bar goods, and novelties.{{cite web

|title=The Robinsons of Zanesville 1893–1900

|publisher=The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors

|url=http://www.fohbc.org/PDF_Files/RobinsonGlass.pdf

|access-date=2012-10-05}}

Henry and Jacob Crimmel moved from Bellaire to Fostoria in 1887 to help with the startup of the Fostoria Glass Company.{{harvnb|Murray|1992|p=41}} Crimmel family members owned stock in the new company.{{harvnb|Paquette|2002|p=182}} Their “recipes” for various types of glass were used for the company's early batches of the product.{{#tag:ref|Recipes for different types and colors of glass were rarely written, but the Crimmels had a written recipe book that still exists today. Some pages from the recipe book are shown in the book Fostoria, Ohio Glass II.{{harvnb|Murray|1992|pp=60–61}}|group=Note}} As part owner and plant manager, Henry Crimmel was also involved with the startups of the Novelty Glass Company of Fostoria and the Sneath Glass Company. Jacob Crimmel remained with the Fostoria Glass Company for many years. He was one of the founders of the American Flint Glass Workers' Union, and wrote articles published in the union's journal, American Flint.{{harvnb|Unnamed|1939|p=26}}

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| title = Incorporated Companies (from Nov. 15th, 1868, to Nov. 15th 1869.)

| journal = Annual report of the Secretary of State, to the Governor of the State of Ohio for the Year 1869

| volume =

| issue =

| publisher = Columbus Printing Company, State Printers

| location = Columbus, Ohio

| year = 1870

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=itBCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA9&dq=%22Ohio+Secretary+of+State%22+certificate+of+incorporation+1868&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpltGW4fGNAxXcFlkFHffMNhcQ6AF6BAgFEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Ohio%20Secretary%20of%20State%22%20certificate%20of%20incorporation%201868&f=false

| oclc = 11522890

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• {{Cite journal

| last = Ohio Department of Inspection of Workshops and Factories

| title = Annual report of the State Inspector of Shops and Factories

| journal = Annual report of the State Inspector of Shops and Factories

| volume = 5

| issue = 1888

| publisher = Ohio Department of Inspection of Workshops and Factories

| year = 1889

| location = Columbus, Ohio

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=KLxNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA37&dq=%22Belmont+Glass+Works%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwilnN-9lOCNAxV4D1kFHazlORUQ6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Belmont%20Glass%20Works%22&f=false

| oclc = 243888847

}}

• {{Cite book

| last = Paquette

| first = Jack K.

| authorlink = Jack K. Paquette

| title = Blowpipes, Northwest Ohio Glassmaking in the Gas Boom of the 1880s

| publisher = Xlibris Corp.

| year = 2002

| pages = 559

| isbn = 1-4010-4790-4

| oclc = 50932436

}}

• {{Cite book

| last = Revi

| first = Albert Christian

| title = American Pressed Glass and Figure Bottles

| publisher = Nelson

| year = 1964

| location = New York

| oclc = 965803

}}

• {{cite book

| last = Shotwell

| first = David J.

| title = Glass A to Z

| publisher = Krause Publications

| year = 2002

| location = Iola, Wisconsin

| pages =

| oclc = 440702171

| isbn = 978-0-87349-385-7

}}

• {{Cite book

| last = United States Census Office

| title = Report on manufacturing industries in the United States at the eleventh census: 1890

| publisher = Government Printing Office

| year = 1895

| location = Washington

| oclc = 10470409

}}

• {{Cite journal

| last = Unnamed

| title = W. Gammon & Co.

| journal = The Pottery Gazette

| volume = 1

| issue = 2

| publisher = J. Everett

| date = December 1879

| location = London

| pages= 499

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=hyUGAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA499&dq=Belmont+Glass&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjP9LC7nJKOAxU6MlkFHcCeC9oQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=Belmont&f=false

| oclc = 81248997

}}

• {{Cite journal

| last = Unnamed

| title = Glass Manufacturing in the Ohio Valley, A 1903 Review

| journal = Crockery and Glass Journal

| volume = 58

| issue = 25, December 17, 1903

| publisher = G. Whittemore & Co.

| year = 1903

| location = New York

| url = http://reference.insulators.info/publications/view/?id=5849

| oclc = 4561501

}}

• {{cite journal

| last = Unnamed

| date = March 1939

| title = Jacob Crimmel, Dean of Glass Workers, Called

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=xU99AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA26&dq=Jacob+Crimmel,+dean+of+glass+workers&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjslo-9q42OAxWDElkFHdjWGHsQ6AF6BAgEEAM#v=onepage&q=Jacob%20Crimmel%2C%20dean%20of%20glass%20workers&f=false

| location = Toledo, OH

| publisher = American Flint Glass Workers' Union

| journal = American Flint

| volume = XXVIII

| issue = 1

| pages = 26

| access-date = June 25, 2025

}}

• {{cite book

| last1 = Weeks

| first1 = Joseph Dame

| last2 = United States Census Office

| title = Report on the manufacture of glass

| publisher = Government Printing Office

| year = 1884

| location = Washington

| pages = [https://archive.org/details/reportonmanufact00unitrich/page/n131 1152]

| url = https://archive.org/details/reportonmanufact00unitrich

| quote = report on the manufacture of glass.

| oclc = 2123984

}}

• {{Cite book

| last1 = Wiggins

| last2 = Weaver

| title = Wiggins and Weaver's Ohio River directory for 1871–72 ... a full alphabetical record of ... the inhabitants and business directories of Wheeling, Parkersburgh, Marietta, Pomeroy, Gallipolis, Ironton, Portsmouth, Ripley, Bellair, Bridgeport, Harmar, Middleport, Martins Ferry, Maysville, Owensboro, Paducah, Lawrenceburg, Aurora, Madison, Cairo, Chester, Cape Girardeau.

| publisher = Fairbanks, Benedict & Co.

| year = 1871

| location = Cleveland, OH

| pages = 419

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=VtwCAAAAYAAJ

| oclc = 13806479

}}

{{refend}}

• {{Cite book

| last1 = Lethbridge

| first1 = Sid

| last2 = Thomas

| first2 = Peter

| title = The Belmont Glass Works, 1866-1890: The Premier Glass Works of Bellaire, Ohio

| publisher = Sid Lethbridge

| year = 2016

| location = Brights Grove, Ontario

| oclc = 949891885

| isbn = 978-0-99190-912-4

}}

• {{Cite book

| last = Lethbridge

| first = Sid

| title = The Belmont Glass Works, 1866 - 1890: An Addendum

| publisher = Glass Flakes Press

| year = 2019

| location = Weston, West Virginia

| oclc = 1304842638

| isbn = 978-1-73416-190-8

}}

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• [https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/f3/f5/a7/dc3a66eefdb1c3/USD6976.pdf Goblet patent] - No. 6,976 Patented November 4, 1873
• [https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/cb/5f/ba/20fccd0f7d958e/USD15650.pdf Swan Dish patent] - No. 15,650 Patented December 30, 1884
• [https://www.eapgs.net/maker-details.php?idx=7 Belmont Glass Works various patterns] – Early American Pattern Glass Society

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