Thursday, February 12, 2026

Creighton, PA: and Tarentum, PA: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Works #1 and #2

1883 Works #1: (Satellite, this site has been rebuilt by PPG and some of the later buildings are reused.)
1886 Works #2: (Satellite, west of Bull Creek)

The dates 1883 and 1886 for the two works come from a timeline in glassian.

Works #1:
Photo via glassian

Works #2:
akvalley_122 via akvalley_2
"Pittsburgh Plate Glass Works, No. 2, Tarentum Pennsylvania, circa 1900"

Jackson-Township historical preservation posted
Workers at the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company plant located in Tarentum, Allegheny County.
Real Bubba: Pittsburgh was Glassburg long before the steel industry.

The above image is one of five that is in BrooklynSteregraphy. This webpage also has a description for each image.
akvalley also has the description for each of the five images.

Jackson-Township historical preservation posted
Workers casting and rolling sheets of plate glass with dimensions of 12 1/2 x 21 feet at the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company plant in Tarentum, Allegheny County in the early 1900s.

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