Wistarburg Glass Works

Wistarburg Glass Works is a New Jersey historical marker in Salem County, dedicated 1935.

Here, Caspar Wistar began the manufacture of glass in 1739. His son Richard carried on the business till the Revolution made it unprofitable. This was the beginning of an industry important in 1.25 Miles from Alloway on road to Mullica Hill; in front of South Jersey for 150 years.

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1924 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1924 · Maryland and Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1941 · Salem, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1948 · Salem, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

New Jersey, 1927, covering the location of Wistarburg Glass Works, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New Jersey, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Wistarburg Glass Works

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