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| 1909 Brockwayville Map w/ Brockwayville Machine Bottle Co. |
Timeline for the Brockway Machine Bottle Company:
1906 - Brockway Machine Bottle Company is formed in town.
1907 - The company is incorporated in New York on June 20. The first glass bottle is pressed, blown, and "annealed."
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| Usually found on a bottle's base |
1933 - Brockway Machine Bottle Co. merged with Brockway Sales Co. to become Brockway Glass Company. Began manufacturing prescription glass bottles.
1941 - Brockway's 2nd bottle manufacturing plant begins operation (though now it's known as factory #19).
1964 - Brockway Glass Co. doubles in size after purchasing six Hazel-Atlas glass bottle plants.
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| 1914 Brockwayville Map w/ Brockway Machine Bottle Co. |
1985 - The company's headquarters is moved to Jacksonville, Florida.
1988 - Brockway Glass Co. is acquired by Owens-Illinois, and the giant corporation is now known as Owens-Brockway Glass Containers.
At some point in the 1940s, the trademark "Temperglas" began to be used (similar to "Duraglas" by Owens-Illinois) to denote a method of manufacturing that supposedly made the glass harder and more durable.
For identifying purposes, the glass bottle plant codes are as follows (from the 1973 Glass Factory Directory):
Advertisements from the 1940s-1950s:
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| Advertisement - February 1949 |
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| Advertisement - March 1950 |
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| Advertisement - July 1951 |
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| Advertisement - Aug. 1955 |
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| Advertisement - June 1958 |
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