By Robert Stahr, September 4, 2011
	1. Hemingray Glass Company Marker - Side A

Side B
By 1900, Hemingray had become a world leader of glass insulator manufacturing. Insulators were integral for operation of telegraph, telephone, and electric lines in U.S. and abroad, including in World Wars 1 and 2. In 1933, Owens-Illinois Glass Co. purchased the company; Hemingray insulators remained a major product until 1967. Plant here closed in 1972.
 
Erected 2011 by Indiana Historical Bureau and National Insulator Association.
 
Marker series. This marker is included in the Indiana State Historical Bureau Markers marker series.
 
Location. 40° 10.835′ N, 85° 22.059′ W. Marker is in Muncie, Indiana, in Delaware County. Marker is on Macedonia Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Click for map. The marker is locted between the Hemingray Glass Company office erected in 1927 and the Owens-Illinois Glass Company office building erected ca. 1934. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1620 S. Macedonia Avenue, Muncie IN 47302, United States of America.

	By Robert Stahr, September 4, 2011
	2. Hemingray Glass Company Marker - Side B

 
Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company (approx. 0.2 miles away); Shaffer Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 1.6 miles away); World War I War Memorial (approx. 3.9 miles away); First Indiana Gas Well (approx. 11.2 miles away).
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on October 16, 2011, by Robert Stahr of West Chicago, Illinois. This page has been viewed 720 times since then. Last updated on March 8, 2012, by Robert Stahr of West Chicago, Illinois. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 16, 2011, by Robert Stahr of West Chicago, Illinois. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
 

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