Hemingray Glass Company
Side A
Founded as Gray & Hemingray in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1848. Incorporated 1870 in Covington, Kentucky; company produced glass bottles, jars, oil lamps, light globes, tableware and insulators. After discovery of natural gas in east-central Indiana, Hemingray Glass Co. located factory here, 1888, and contributed to significant industrial growth of Muncie and state.
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 Number 18.2011.1.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Industry & Commerce • War, World I • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Indiana Historical Bureau Markers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1848.
Location. 40° 10.835′ N, 85° 22.059′ W. Marker is in Muncie, Indiana
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Regionally, this marker is in Central Indiana. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 1983 Stoeckel Award (approx. 1.1 miles away); YWCA (approx. 1.1 miles away); Passing of the Buffalo (approx. 1.2 miles away); Mattie Coleman (approx. 1.2 miles away); Muncie Carnegie Library (approx. 1.2 miles away); Jones Block 1903 (approx. 1.2 miles away); 1946 (approx. 1.2 miles away); William Henry Luick Farmhouse (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Muncie.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 16, 2011, by Robert Stahr of West Chicago, Illinois. This page has been viewed 2,885 times since then and 32 times this year. Last updated on May 8, 2013, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 16, 2011, by Robert Stahr of West Chicago, Illinois. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
