[PA-NJ Glassblowers] Digging I-95: Glass from Philadelphia's Buried Past

Tony Patti gaffer at glassblower.info
Wed Mar 23 08:52:06 EDT 2016


This particular presentation by the Art Glass Forum of NY resonates with me, because I provided some assistance to the Archaeological Laboratory Manager for URS Corporation, I wrote about this 

on my Jacob’s Ladder Glassblowing web page at 

http://www.glassblower.info/jacobs-ladder-glassblowing/jacobs-ladder-glassblowing.html 

which contains a link to 

http://planphilly.com/articles/2012/01/20/penndot-archaeologists-uncover-historic-dyottville-glass-works containing some nice excavation photos.

 

Enjoy,

Tony Patti

 

 

 

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Tuesday, April 5, 6:30 PM
Digging I-95: Glass from Philadelphia's Buried Past


Mary Cheek Mills
 


There is little visible evidence remaining of the several glass furnaces that operated along the Delaware River in Philadelphia from the 1700s to around 1900. As part of the I-95 Improvement Project, however, new archeological investigations are yielding an extraordinary amount of historic glass. Equally exciting are discoveries revealing the working and living conditions of the men employed by such well-known companies as the Dyottville Glass Works and the Union Cut and Plain Glass Works.

Mary Cheek Mills, the Historic Glass Specialist for AECOM, the firm conducting these explorations on behalf of the Federal Highway Administration, will discuss several of her exciting finds, ranging from bottles and whimsies to cut tableware and lighting. She will also shed a light on the men who created those objects. Ms. Mills was previously the Education Programs Manager at the Corning Museum of Glass and currently teaches graduate programs at Sotheby's Institute of Art, Winterthur Museum and the Smithsonian Institute.

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