Seneca Glass Company | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-01-02

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
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00:01:38 1 Regional history
00:01:47 1.1 Wheeling
00:03:10 1.2 Fostoria
00:04:35 1.3 Cumberland
00:06:08 2 Startup
00:07:32 2.1 Fostoria operations
00:08:58 2.2 Management change
00:10:08 3 Morgantown
00:11:25 3.1 Glass works
00:13:10 3.2 New charter
00:15:22 3.3 Star City
00:16:13 3.4 Production
00:18:15 4 Products
00:20:14 5 Legacy
00:22:34 6 Notes and references
00:22:49 7 External links



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Seneca Glass Company used to be the largest manufacturer of tumblers (drinking glasses) in the United States.  The company was also known for its high-quality lead stemware, which was hand-made for nearly a century.  Customers included Eleanor Roosevelt,  Lyndon Johnson, the president of Liberia, the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Tiffany's, and Neiman-Marcus.
The firm's first glass plant was located in Fostoria, Ohio.  The company took possession of the plant on January 1, 1892, after it was vacated by the Fostoria Glass Company. Otto Jaeger was the first president of Seneca Glass Company, and he had been part of the Fostoria Glass Company management team.  Like Jaeger, many of the new company's original leaders were German craftsmen.
In 1896, the firm moved to Morgantown, West Virginia, and continued to produce high-quality decorated glassware.  A second plant was built in 1911 to produce tumblers and less-elaborate ware.  During the 1950s, Seneca introduced its Driftwood Casual table setting pattern in an attempt to capture a less formal segment of the glassware market.  This pattern was produced for nearly 30 years, and became especially important to the company as formal glassware became less popular.
In 1982, the company was sold to a group of investors that renamed the firm Seneca Crystal Incorporated.  The firm filed for bankruptcy in 1983.  Today, the Seneca Glass Company building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and contains small retail shops and offices.