Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25
OUR TRIP TO RoSSFoRD.


Teacher took the children of the 4th.
9Th, 7th and sth grades on a trip to
Ford Glass Plant at Rossford about
three miles from the school building.
First we went to the room where
the sand, used for making the glass is
kept. The sand is fine and white. 1t
is mixed with soda-ash, fine white
powder. When we were in the room
the men were cleaning up and the
dust from the soda-ash nearly choked
us. We were all glad when we left
this room behind and entered the cast
ing hall where the glass sand is melted
In the casting hal the sand is put
into earthen pots and the pots are put
into the furnaces. These furnaces
make the room very warm and we
opened our coats so that we would not
catch cold when we went out into the
cold air. We watched the men take
one of the pots out of furnace. There
was large iron crane run by a man
in sort of elevator run by electricity.
The pot when taken out was red hot
and was put on a kind of car and
taken to place where it is picked up
by large tongs and hung suspended
above the floor. The black is brushed
off from the bottom of the pot with a
long handled brush and the scum is
taken off with long handled laddle.
The pot is so hot that the men cannot
get near it and the small particles of
glass are knocked off the sides of the
pot with piece of leather fastened to
the end of stick.
The pot is taken over to a long table
where the glass is dumped out. A
large iron roller is run over it. The
glass is rolled into layer about an
inch thick. 1t is then taken away by
machinery and the table is cleared for
another pot of glass. The men are
very careful not to leave any small
particles of glass on the table. The
glass Is run through layor, process
of heat and cold and when it comes
out is heavy thick milky looking
plate. Ten men carried it with diff.
Guilty.
The next room we visited was where
the glass is ground. The glass is put
on circular table which revolves
Sand is thrown on the glass and also
water. When the glass comes from
the grinders it is thin and rough. This
takes about four hours.
The glass is then taken to the pol
ishers. These are circular, REVOLVING
tables like the grinders. When the
glass comes from the polishers 1T is
smooth and shiney. This has taken
about three hours.
After we left the polishers we went
to the room where the glass is cut.
There were many pieces of glass of
different sizes with tags upon them.
Here we received piece of glass in
remembrance of the trip. We next
went to the packing room, here the
glass is packed and is then ready to be
shipped. We also went to room
where the doors to the furnaces are
made. Here men were taking chunks
of mud out of large square hole. The
mud was loaded in wheel barrows and
taken to another part of the room and
thrown into a mold where man
packs it down with his bare feet, when
this is done more mud is thrown on
and stomped again until the door Is of
the right thickness. = he pots are
made in this way also. We had now
finished our trip through the Glass
Factory and we now started home.
The car was coming and we were soon
at our stopping place. We all enjoyed
the trip very much.
CARRIE BURDo,
Eighth Grade.
District NO. A.