Former Site - Owego, NY
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N 42° 06.110 W 076° 15.833
18T E 395494 N 4661855
Storrs Mica Factory 1899-1927 was here. A.P Storrs patented a mica glass chimney used in gas lamps of the day.
Waymark Code: WMVCBG
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 03/31/2017
Views: 4
text: "Former Site Storrs Mica Factory 1899-1927 razed 1937 built by Aaron Putnam Storrs employed 150 workers erected 2007 Tioga County"
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"Aaron P. Storrs 1812-1888. He was the inventor who held a patent for transparent lamp chimneys...For a time it was the largest Mica Factory in the world."
Marker Name: Former Site Storrs Mica Factory
Marker Type: Roadside
Agency: Tioga County
Dedication Date: 2007
City/Town/Village Name: Owego
County: Tioga
Region: Finger Lakes (Region 3)
Website: Not listed
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