Swirls? size .62 Maker? Thank you!

[Gladys]

Thank you for helping!

[wvrons]

St.Marys Alleys. 

[Gladys]

7 minutes ago, wvrons said:

St.Marys Alleys. 

Thank you! so same place as my Ghost!  that should be easy to remember!

[wvrons]

Sure is. The St.Marys WV Alley Agate factory. It was his last place to make marbles after four others. 

Alley made marbles at:

Ravenswood WV

Paden City WV

Sistersville WV

Pennsboro WV

St. Marys WV

 

Alley moved each time for more space and to be able to make more numbers of marbles.  He had a rough time of it until Jack Pressman put him over the top with the Chinese Checker marbles orders. That is why he left Pennsboro to St.Marys. At The Pennsboro location he had cardboard in the bottom of his shoes to cover the holes. He needed lots more room for more machines. At Pennsboro he ran two machines. At St.Marys with a building three times as large, he ran eight or more machines.  Then his health went downhill and he sold it to a old friend Berry Pink and Sellers Peltier Jr. .  Which became Marble King.  Because Berry Pink was the first and true original Marble King.  Of course back then it was a all wood building, like all of them. But in a few years Marble King Company caught it on fire and it burned down completely. Easy to do with 1700-2000F red hot glass everywhere.  Then Marble King moved up the road to Paden City where it is today.  Back to Paden City where Alley had made marbles in 1930. Alley also made glass Moon Balls in Paden City. 

 How did they puddle hot glass on the floor back then when problems happened ?  If a machine has to be moved out from under the furnace, the hot glass flow is cut back and it puddles, streams or runs out to the floor. Many different problems can require moving the machine out of the way for repairs. What was used to keep from burning the wood floor and all wood buildings down ?

[Gladys]

9 hours ago, wvrons said:

Sure is. The St.Marys WV Alley Agate factory. It was his last place to make marbles after four others. 

Alley made marbles at:

Ravenswood WV

Paden City WV

Sistersville WV

Pennsboro WV

St. Marys WV

 

Alley moved each time for more space and to be able to make more numbers of marbles.  He had a rough time of it until Jack Pressman put him over the top with the Chinese Checker marbles orders. That is why he left Pennsboro to St.Marys. At The Pennsboro location he had cardboard in the bottom of his shoes to cover the holes. He needed lots more room for more machines. At Pennsboro he ran two machines. At St.Marys with a building three times as large, he ran eight or more machines.  Then his health went downhill and he sold it to a old friend Berry Pink and Sellers Peltier Jr. .  Which became Marble King.  Because Berry Pink was the first and true original Marble King.  Of course back then it was a all wood building, like all of them. But in a few years Marble King Company caught it on fire and it burned down completely. Easy to do with 1700-2000F red hot glass everywhere.  Then Marble King moved up the road to Paden City where it is today.  Back to Paden City where Alley had made marbles in 1930. Alley also made glass Moon Balls in Paden City. 

 How did they puddle hot glass on the floor back then when problems happened ?  If a machine has to be moved out from under the furnace, the hot glass flow is cut back and it puddles, streams or runs out to the floor. Many different problems can require moving the machine out of the way for repairs. What was used to keep from burning the wood floor and all wood buildings down ?

 I am thinking metal? and water? maybe sand? ...........................Very cool! Love all this amazing  history behind these little gems ! Thank you so much Ron!

[wvrons]

They shoveled lime on the wood floor to protect it from burning.  Lime was cheap and abundant at most old glass factories. 

[Gladys]

27 minutes ago, wvrons said:

They shoveled lime on the wood floor to protect it from burning.  Lime was cheap and abundant at most old glass factories. 

Wow! that different!