Hartford City Glass Company | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 02/01/2019

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00:01:57 1 Manufacturers drawn to Indiana
00:02:58 1.1 Hartford City
00:04:51 2 Organization and management
00:05:56 2.1 Capitalists
00:07:08 2.2 Management change
00:08:55 3 Workforce
00:10:15 3.1 Glassmakers
00:12:41 3.2 The Belgians
00:14:33 4 Infrastructure
00:16:44 4.1 Expansion
00:21:02 5 Acquisition
00:23:21 6 American Window Glass
00:24:40 6.1 Lubbers machine
00:25:39 6.2 Consolidation
00:28:22 7 Decline
00:30:54 8 Notes and references



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Hartford City Glass Company was among the top three window glass manufacturers in the United States between 1890 and 1899, and continued to be one of the nation's largest after its acquisition. It was also the country's largest manufacturer of chipped glass, with capacity double that of its nearest competitor. The company's works was the first of eight glass plants that existed in Hartford City, Indiana during the Indiana Gas Boom. It became the city's largest manufacturer and employer, peaking with 600 employees. 
Many of the skilled workers employed at the Hartford City Glass Company were from Belgium, at the time the world’s leading manufacturer of window glass. The Belgian workers and their families accounted for over one-third of Hartford City's population during the 1890s, and lived on the city's south side. Because of the importance of the French-speaking Belgians, one of the local newspapers featured articles in French.
In 1899, Hartford City Glass was acquired by the American Window Glass Company, which controlled 85 percent of the American window glass manufacturing capacity. During the next decade, the company began replacing its skilled and well–paid Belgian glass blowers with machines and less-skilled machine operators. The company used the Hartford City plant to test and refine the new technology. Most of the Belgian glass workers left town.
During the 1920s, competitors developed new window glass production processes that eclipsed the American Window Glass technology, and the company lost its advantage. By the time the Great Depression struck, the Hartford City plant had closed.