Corning Glass Works
1868 - Operational
Overview
Upstate New York glass maker that blew the first practical bulbs for Edison in 1879, cast the 200 inch mirror blank for the Palomar telescope in 1934, and later invented Gorilla Glass for phones. Ribbon machines once made light bulbs by the million each day.
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