Laboratory at Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Research Center

1935/1980

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Laboratory at Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Research Center

Title
Laboratory at Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Research Center
Creator
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Photographic Department
Identifier
MSP285.B021.F12.I03
Source Identifier
MSP285.B021.F12.I03
Description
Description on the back of the photograph reads, “A newly formulated finish is ground on laboratory three roll mill to test minute particle size and dispersion at Pittsburgh Plate Class Company’s Paint and Brush Division Research Center at Springdale, Pennsylvania.” The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (PPG) began as the New York City Plate Glass Company when it was founded in 1880 by Captain John B. Ford, an entrepreneur, and John Pitcairn, a railroad official. The first plant was located northeast of Pittsburgh on the Allegheny River in Creighton, Pennsylvania. By 1883 the company headquarters were moved to Pittsburgh, and the plants were producing 20 million square feet of plate glass per year. PPG quickly moved into research and development, building its first research center in 1910.
Genre
photographs
Subject
PPG Industries (Springdale, Pa.).Paint and Brush Division.Research Center.
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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