Cheshire Crown Glass Company

The Cheshire Crown Glass Company was established in 1812 in Cheshire, Massachusetts to take advantage of the high-quality sand (silica) in the area.[1] The company was organized by Darius Brown, John Brown, John D. Leland, Ambrose Kasson, and John Hunt, and incorporated in an act approved by Massachusetts Governor Marcus Morton on February 25, 1815.[2] The capitalist behind the company, Captain Daniel Brown (father to Darius and John), ran a store and distillery in conjunction with the glass works.[3]

The company produced crown glass for windows, using sand from the "Lane bed" in nearby Lanesborough, Massachusetts.[4] However, the company was not successful, and closed down only a few years later in 1816.[1] Unknown to the owners of the Cheshire Crown Glass Company, the factory was built over sand of even finer quality than that of the Lane bed.[4] This bed of sand was discovered under the ruins of the factory in 1845, and led to the founding of the Berkshire Glass Company.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Lockwood, John H; Ernest Newton Bagg; Walter S. Carson; Herbert E. Riley; Edward Boltwood; Will L. Clark (1926). Western Massachusetts; a history, 1636-1925. New York and Chicago: Lewis historical publishing company, inc. p. 549-550. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "1814 Chap. 0148. An Act To Incorporate The Cheshire Crown Glass Company" (PDF). Acts and Resolves. State of Massachusetts. 1814. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Child, Hamilton, ed. (1885). "Gazetteer of Berkshire County, Mass., 1725-1885". Printed at the Journal Office: 30. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 Raynor, Ellen M; Emma L. Petitclerc (1885). History of the Town of Cheshire, Berkshire County, Mass. C.W. Bryan & Company, Printers. p. 97. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  5. ↑ Patriquin, William J; Julie L. Sloan (2011). The Berkshire Glass Works. The History Press. p. 14. Retrieved 1 May 2014.


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