Compressed air glass cylinders

ca. 1923

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Compressed air glass cylinders
  • Title
  • Compressed air glass cylinders
  • Creator
  • PPG Industries
  • Date
  • ca. 1923
  • Identifier
  • 20170227-hpichswp-0049
  • Description
  • Depicted in this image are large glass cylinders formed by compressed air. Measuring about 30 feet in length, these cylinders are formed by a mechanized process that pushes compressed air through a cap in a manner that mimics the historic, hand-blown method. Once the glass reaches the desired length, large cradles are raised and adhered to the cylinders in order to safely lower them to the ground floor of the plant. This process of compressed air glass manufacturing was used by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company until 1927-1928 when the company adopted the Pennvernon process.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • PPG Industries.
    Glass manufacture.
    Glassworkers.
  • Source
  • PPG Industries Records, 1888-1995, MSS 667, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • PPG Industries Records
  • Rights Information
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