FIRST - U.S. Plate Glass Maker - Pittsburgh, PA
N 40° 26.415 W 080° 00.186
17T E 584546 N 4477099
Glassmaking is another business that made Southwest Pennsylvania an early industrial powerhouse. This Pennsylvania Historic Marker stands outside the headquarters of PPG Industries, originally Pittsburgh Plate Glass.
Waymark Code: WMXNQ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2006
Views: 49
Travel downtown to see the architecturally distinctive glass cathedral that houses PPG's world headquarters. This marker memorializes the company's humble beginnings.
Marker text: First commercially successful U.S. plate glass maker, founded 1883 by John Ford, John Pitcairn and others. First plant was at Creighton; office was half a block east of here on Fourth Avenue. The company became PPG Industries in 1968.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1883
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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