Marble Factory Parkersburg West Virginia

These enthusiastic marble collectors were ron shepherd paula shepherd gary traugh and the late tim wyer.

Marble factory parkersburg west virginia.

In 1982 gladding vitro was purchased by paris manufacturing company which changed the name back to vitro agate. It was acquired in 1969 by the gladding corporation which changed the name to gladding vitro agate company. The power of imagination comes alive when you design a marble the vitro agate company parkersburg wv. Discover for yourself why we are known for our tradition quality and history with a visit to our interactive museum and expanded gift shop.

Parkersburg s vitro agate marble co. Established in the late 1940 s marble king marbles are highly recognized and respected worldwide. They recognized a need to preserve the history of marbles and to promote the collecting and identification of marbles. The other west virginia marble factory is champion agate in pennsboro in ritchie county.

Was the marble capitol and largest marble factory in the world picture courtesy gary traugh after the marbles roll out from between the rollers they slide down a pan. If you re anywhere near northwest west virginia take a side trip to this guy s home and workshop. Working with molten glass is quickly becoming a lost art. Hillybilly marble maker sam hogue.

Exploring an abandoned marble factory in west virginia. See it while this old timer is still around to do it. Vintage scenes of parkersburg west virginia taken from old postcards and photographs. This factory was once the vitro agate marble factory in parkersburg west virginia now it sits rotting away next to the train tracks but it.

The advent of marble making machinery in the early 20th century helped bring the industry to west virginia which already had a robust glass industry. The west virginia marble collectors club wvmcc was the inspiration of four wood county west virginia residents. By the late 1930s there were several marble manufacturing plants in the state including the akro agate company in clarksburg. Drawing donated by mike johnson and suzie metzler.

He s a real hoot and you ll be fascinated watching him make glass marbles. Akro agate was founded in ohio in 1910 and moved to clarksburg in 1914.