# Talk:Early glassmaking in the United States

Omg I really didn't know this. It is really cool to see how people did things back then compared to what we do now. AnimeLearner (talk) 23:30, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

This article needs improvement—maybe someday I will get around to it. The New England Glass Company, Deming Jarves, the impact of tariffs, Bakewell Glass, Benjamin Bakewell, Pittsburgh as a glassmaking center, pressed glass, J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier and Company, William Leighton Sr., and the discovery of the long-lost soda-lime formula for glass are all topics that should be addressed. All of this happened by 1865. TwoScars (talk) 16:47, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

This article has been improved and discusses glassmaking through 1700. A new article will be created that discusses 18th Century glassmaking in the United States. TwoScars (talk) 22:00, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

According to page 380 of the book "Old Glass, European and American", by N. Hudson Moore, John Concklin was allotted land a year later "for the encouragement of the enterprise" of the Salem, Massachusetts, glass house started by Obadiah Holmes, Lawrence Southwick, and Ananias Concklin. Another source mentions Ananias but not John. On page 316 of the book "Antiques and Their History", by Leo John Buckley it states the Salem glass house was built by Ananias Concklin, Obadiah Holmes and Lawrence Southwick--no mention of John Concklin. The book "American Glass" is by George S. and Helen McKearin. On page 584 it mentions Holmes, Southwick and Ananais Concklin as the people who established a glass house in Salem. The factory is also discussed on pages 76 and 77 of the same book, and John Concklin is not mentioned. It appears to me that glass man John Concklin joined the Salem glass works after the other three men established it. TwoScars (talk) 19:08, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

Looks good. FWIW, you might want to consider breaking up your longer paragraphs in the current version.  I like the long paragraphs, but apparently younger generations have an aversion against them based on their screen-reading habits, and expect paragraph breaks every 500 characters (roughly more or less), whereas older generations are comfortable with 1000 characters or more.  This hasn't been researched in terms of readability as much as it should be.
Within the last three years, I've seen multiple discussions with younger people on Reddit who seem to refuse to read any paragraph longer than 500 characters.  To help meet them halfway, I've been going through all my current and older articles and trying to add more paragraph breaks for younger people.  It isn't clear if this is a US thing or global.  I've noticed some of our power users who are outside the US are still writing large paragraphs of 1000 characters or more. Viriditas (talk) 21:50, 28 May 2025 (UTC)
Agree and will watch that. That is one of the reasons my American Civil War articles are typically heavily illustrated with maps. TwoScars (talk) 18:53, 29 May 2025 (UTC)