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 John Baptiste Ford - Pittsburgh PA Posted by:  Don.Morfe
N 40° 28.470 W 079° 57.314
17T E 588561 N 4480948
American industrialist and founder of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, now known as PPG Industries, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Waymark Code: WM12WR3
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 07/27/2020
Views: 0
He is buried in Allegheny Cemetery in Section 1, Lot 32 in a Private Mausoleum.
Description:
From Wikipedia: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company-In 1880, Ford left New Albany and opened the New York City Plate Glass Company with a plant in Creighton, Pennsylvania. In 1883, the business was reorganized as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company ("PPG"). PPG became the leading plate glass manufacturing facility in the country.Tired of disagreements with their business partners, Ford sold his interest in the company in 1897. He formed a new venture to the west near Toledo, Ohio, the Ford Glass Company. It later became Libbey Owens Ford Glass Company. At one time he was in business with his first cousin, Washington Charles De Pauw.
Wyandotte Chemical Company-In 1893, Ford founded a chemical company that supplied vital soda ash for the glass production. The company was located in Wyandotte, Michigan and named Michigan Alkali Company. Later, the company was renamed Wyandotte Chemical Company and became one of the nation's leading chemical firms at the time of John B. Ford's death, eventually becoming part of BASF and expanding into the BASF industrial complex.
Date of birth: 11/17/1811
Date of death: 05/01/1903
Area of notoriety: Science/Technology
Marker Type: Tomb (above ground)
Setting: Outdoor
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed
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