Historic Prism Glass Companies of the United States

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Aberthaw Construction Co., Boston, MA [1894-present]
- Listed under "Sidewalk and Vault Lights" in:
  - 1904 Building and Engineering Trades Reference Book of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, by F. W. Dodge
  - The Building Law of the City of Boston: Being Acts of 1907, Part 550, by The Master Builders Association
- Methods of Finishing Concrete Surfaces, 1908
Wm. H. Addoms & Co., Inc, New York [1915-1920-?]
- 1 Huson; 99 Gold Street
- Listed under Prismatic Glass in White-Orr's Reference Register for 1918-19
- "Established 1915. Telephone: Worth 1038. Cable address: 'Nyotada, New York.' Codes: A B C 5th Improved, Simplex, Standard 5 letter, W. U. Specialities: Rough rolled glass, wired glass, cathedral glass, cultivators, compo-board for ceilings and interior wall linings, varnishes." —American Exporter's Export Trade Directory · 1920
Alpha Glass and Metal Co., Jersey City, NJ [?-1889-1890-?]
Althause Iron Works, New York
American 3-Way Prism Co., Chicago
American 3-Way Luxfer Prism Co., Cicero, IL [1920-?]
American Bar Lock Co., Philadelphia, PA [?-1911-1928-?]
American Crystal Light Co., Boston, MA [?-1886-1887-?]
- Assignee of Isidor Schoenberg's Patent No. 354,440.
- Listed as doing Reflector business at 7 Kilby (the other entry is Wheeler Reflector Co., 18-24 Washington) —The Boston Almanac and Business Directory, 1887
- "BOSTON, March, 9.—At 214 State-street was the joint office of William C. Hickman, and the American Crystal Light Company. The signs on the outer wall still remain, but Hickman has joined the American colony in Canada and with him has gone to smash the National Sugarine Refining Company, incorporated on Jan. 22 last, for the manufacture, production, and sale of an article or substance called sugarine, being a substitute for common sugar." —New York Times, March 10, 1887
- "The American Crystal Light Company, No. 7 Kilby street, Boston, Mass., are putting upon the market an incidence window, upon which a patent has recently been granted. The window consists of a series of lights placed in front of and below the area opening of a building, and so adjusted as to receive the rays thrown downward and to reflect them at nearly right angles into the cellar or basement. A circular which they have issued contains a general view of the apparatus and sketches of two cellars, in one of which darkness, and consequently confusion, prevails, while in the other light is obtained by means of their window, and everything is in order. The circular presents a number of advantages and benefits derived from the use of this apparatus, and is of general interest to architects and builders." —Building Age, Volume 9, Issue 1, 1887
American Lucifer Prism Co., corruption of American Luxfer Prism Co.
American Luxfer Prism Co., see Luxfer Prism Co.
American Mason Safety Tread Co., Lowell, MA [1890-1968]
American Plate Glass Co., Williamsburgh, Long Island
- "AMERICAN PLATE GLASS COMPANY -- (Factory Williamsburgh, L.I.) are now prepared to execute orders for rough Plate Glass, suitable for floors, skylights, vault, and deck lights. Prompt attention will be given to orders left at the office, 442 Broadway, or their agent, J. R. PLATT, 79 Murray st." [Scientific American, August 18, 1855, page 391; Cornell]
- "AMERICAN PLATE GLASS CO. Having erected extensive works in East Brooklyn, (foot of North Sixth st.) are now prepared to execute promptly all orders forwarded to them, for Rough Plate Glass, for Sky Lights, Floor Lights, Pavements, Deck Lights for vessels, &c. ... All orders left at the office the Company will receive prompt attention. Office 420 Broadway. Rough Plate Glass in the Sheet at the factory, 1-4 in. 35c.; 3-8 in. 35c.; 1-2 in. 40c.; 5-8 in. 60c; 3-4 in. 75c.; 7-8 in. 80.; 1 in. 85c.; 1 1-4 in. $1.25. Terms cash in 30 days." —Scientific American, August 18, 1855, page 287; Cornell
American Prismatic Light Co., Philadelphia, PA [?-1899-1908-?]
American Sidewalk Light Co., 156-158 West Ohio St., Chicago [?-1900-1901-?]
- "Sidewalk, Floor & Roof Lights & Iron Works. AMERICAN SIDEWALK LIGHT CO. [E. A. Schreiber Iron Works]. Catalogue free. 156-158 W. Ohio-st." —Chicago Tribune, Dec 26, 1900
- "Manufacturers of all kinds of Concrete and Hyatt Sidewalk, Floor and Skylight Work, and all kinds of ironwork. Coal-Hole Covers of every description always on hand"
- "J. B. French, E. A. Schreiber" —Hendricks' Commercial Register of the United States for Buyers and Sellers, Volume 11, 1901
Anchor Glass Co., Mt. Pleasant, PA [1905-1909]
- "...registered as a New Jersey corporation on October 23, 1905, intending to produce "table glassware, bottles, fruit jars, packers' wares, and glassware of all kinds and description." This initial corporation built a factory, but it was never outfitted with equipment..." —The Anchor Glass Co., L. E. Smith Glass Co., and the Mystery of the Anchor Fruit Jar by Bill Lockhart and Barry Bernas
- "On January 14, 1907, Elnathan H. "Harry" Steinman, Edward D. Steinman, and Charles N. Edmonds reorganized Anchor as a Pennsylvania corporation, with a capitalization of $75,000. Their application was approved by the end of the month. The firm bought land for the factory on February 18 and began production on May 6. The work began at a single 25-ton continuous tank, although the corporation was building a second tank. The plant made tumblers and pressed tableware, while the workers waited for fruit jar machines to arrive. By the end of May, the same tank supported eight shops and had added vault lights to the inventory..." —ibid.
- "...Anchor Glass was financed and had accounts with the Farmers and Merchants National Bank, an institution that failed during the Panic of 1907. The bank closed its doors on October 29 and never reopened. The factory entered receivership in April 1908 and continued to operate sporadically until December. The corporation sold the plant to the L. E. Smith Glass Co. of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, at a receiver's sale on October 30, 1909..." —ibid.

Wm. H. Addoms & Co.

American Prismatic Light Co. cover · 1901
Winterthur Digital Collections

Inland Architect and News Record · 1901

American Sidewalk Light Co. ad Hendricks' Commercial Register of the United States for Buyers and Sellers, Volume 11 · 1901

Hendricks' Commercial Register · 1901

Anchor Glass Co. trademark #71,249

B&B Foundry and Ironworks, Boston, MA [1917-1923]
- W. Newton St., Boston, Mass (on coal cover)
- Office and works, 455 Medford Street, Boston, Mass. (1918)
- Ambrose F. Bourneuf, President and Manager (1918)
- "BOSTON.—The B & B Iron Works, Inc., has been incorporated with $10,000 capital by John F. Sutherland, C. M. Sawyer and E. E. Mullen." —Iron Trade Review, Volume 61, August 2, 1917
- "Bourneuf is president and manager of the B. & B. Iron Works, Inc., with a shop at 455 Medford Street, Charlestown. Bourneuf was for several years connected with the L. M. Ham & Co., Architectural Iron Works of Boston and is now engaging on his own account in a similar line of manufacture." —Technology Review, Volume 20, 1918
- This coal cover (right) is "in front of residence on West Newton Street in Boston"
- another photo of same cover
- Dissolved 1923
Baker Sidewalk Light Co., Pittsburgh, PA [?-1910-1911-?]
E. T. Barnum Wire & Iron Works, Detroit, MI [1866-1931-?]
Bartlett, Haywood & Co., Continental Trust Building, Baltimore, MD [?-1905-?]
- 1905-06 Thomas' Register · LIGHTS · "Sidewalk; Vault Floor"
Bartlett, Robins & Co., Baltimore, MD [?-1878-?]
- Licensee of Hyatt's patent basement extension
- Engraving of BARTLETT, ROBBINS & CO'S ARCHITECTURAL IRON WORKS, BALTIMORE, MD: 600DPI PNG (24MB), JPG (5MB)
Bayley Structural Iron Co., Milwaukee, WI [?-1905-1920]
Berger Manufacturing Co., Canton, OH
Brooklyn Vault Light Co., Brooklyn, NY [1896-1958]
T. H. Brooks & Co., 960 Lake, Cleveland, OH [1890-1905-?]
- "Floor and Sidewalk Lights of Every Description" (The Engineering Record, Volume 49, Number 16; April 16, 1904)
- "Thomas H. Brooks. Cleveland. T. H. Brooks & Co. Born in Indiana, Oct. 10, 1846. Came to Cleveland in early childhood. Attended the public schools. Graduated from Williams College in 1879, degree of A.B. Started T. H. Brooks, foundry and structural iron business in 1875. Formed firm of T. H. Brooks & Co. in 1890. One of the organizers of the East End Banking & Trust Co. in 1890, president for a number of years. Director The Cleveland Trust Co. Member Adv. Council Guardian Trust Co. Interested in other corporations. Member Union, University, Country and Euclid clubs. Politically a Republican. Trustee Second Presbyterian church." —Progressive Men of Northern Ohio, 1906
Brown Brothers → Brown Bros. Mfg. Co., Chicago
Brown & Ketcham Iron Works, Indianapolis, IN [?-1895-1909-?]
- "The Brown & Ketcham iron works have 130 men at work, and are now completing the Iron work for the large, new gas building, the Lemcke block, and are getting out the material for the new Sayles and Malott blocks on Washington street, and have their draughtsmen at work day and night preparing to make bids on other new buildings which are to go up this year, where much heavy iron structural work will be required. Mr. Ketchum says he does not remember any January in a number of years when the outloook was as promising for the works." —Indianapolis Journal · 20 January 1896
- 1905-06 Thomas' Register · LIGHTS · "Sidewalk; Vault Floor"
- "WASHINGTON, D.C.—Awards have been made as follows... Ornamental iron work to BROWN & KETCHAM IRON WORKS, 2549 West Michigan St., Indianapolis, Ind., at $28,800." —Engineering News, Volume 59 · 1908
- "The Brown & Ketcham Iron Works Company, Indianapolis, Ind., has about completed the erection of the structural steel work of the Pittsburgh Athletic Club building." —Industrial World, Volume 43, Issue 2, Part 2 · 1909
P. M. Bruner Granitoid Co., St. Louis, MO [1878-1911-?]
Burnet, Jackson & Co., see Excelsior Iron Works
- See Walter Grutchfield for history
- "In the gaslight- and pre-gaslight era, skylights were built into sidewalks to allow as much sunlight as possible to filter into basement areas. This one, on Grand Street, was built by the Burnet Jackson Company (Excelsior Iron Works), which, if you look at the inscription at right, was located both at Centre and Howard Streets and also at 14th Street and the East River." forgotten NY street scenes (manhole & coal chute covers)

1918 Boston Register and
Business Directory, Issue 83

B&B Foundry and Ironworks
Photo: Boston bric-a-brac

Bartlett, Robbins & Co.
Architectural Iron Works

T. H. Brooks & Co. ad, 1899

Engineering News-Record, 1899

Thomas H. Brooks
Progressive Men of Northern Ohio

Cadillac Glass Co., Chicago [?-1938-?]

James C. Calder, Trow's New York City Directory, 1885
James C. Calder, Housesmith, 180 Grand, New York [?-1885-1886-?]
- "Iron Work of Every Description for Buildings. Stairs, Doors, Shutters, Gratings, Fire Escapes, Railings, Area Gates, Patent Lights, Platforms, Sky Lights, Vault Covers, Rolling Shutters, Etc. Jobbing a Specialty." —Trow's New York City Directory, 1885
California Art Glass, Bending and Cutting Works, San Francisco, CA [?-1881-1915-?]
California Plate and Window Glass Co.
California Plate and Window Glass Co., San Francisco, CA [?-1902-1916-?]
- 862-864 Mission St; Phones Kearny 641, Home J 1112
- Ad (right) in The Architect and Engineer of California, May 1912: Plate and Window Glass; Skylight and Figured Glass; "OPALITE" White Structural Glass; "SOLARAP" Tile Prism Glass; "HESTER" Store Front Construction
- Makers of "SOLARAP" (aka SOLORAP?) prism tiles with unusual 90° prisms, like factory ribbed.
- Plain and deco versions (photo pacharan (eBay) via ancientpoint)
Cambridge Glass Co., Cambridge, OH [1902-1959]
- "The original Cambridge Glass Company began production in May, 1902 ... Following the 1954 summer stoppage, The Cambridge Glass Company did not resume operations. It was sold the following September and was reopened by the new owners in March, 1955. ... Within a few months [of late 1956], production had ceased, resuming in the fall of 1957 then ceasing for good by early 1959. Sales continued throughout most of 1959, but only stock on hand was being offered for sale." —The Cambridge Glass Company Catalogs by Mark A. Nye
- "Inside the 1903 Catalog, the title page reads, "Catalogue of Table Glassware, Barware and Novelties manufactured by The Cambridge Glass Company. Factory and General Offices are located in Cambridge, Ohio. Sample Rooms in all the large cities. Private Mold Work a specialty. Our Catalogues of Druggists' ware and Vault Lights will be furnished on application." —ibid
- "The Cambridge Glass Company are entering their full share of current orders. Manager Bennett, after producing a quality of flint glass not surpassed at any plant, systemized the marketing of the output in a way to bring profitable results regardless of ordinary methods and trade traditions. A year or more ago this table ware was largely placed through many road salesmen covering closely the smaller as well as larger trade. At present the demand from the bigger buyers absorbs most of the glass. Cambridge designs are away from the conventional and appeal to the best posted men in the large centers. It is so perfect in clearness that large deals with vault light contractors and prism glass concerns have been effected. On Labor Day the Cambridge Glass Company float displayed the wonderful all-glass dress made by the National Glass Company for the noted actress, Maxine Elliot. This was obtained through Mr. Bennett, whose popularity with the workmen is equal to that among buyers. No manager is better known through personal contact or more highly esteemed by the trade generally than Mr. Arthur Bennett, of Cambridge." —Glass & Pottery World, September, 1906
- Listed under "Prismatic Glass" in 1915 Howard's Blue Book
Canton Glass Co., Canton, OH [1883-1890], Marion, Indiana [1890-1939-?]
Davis Carpenter & Co., Inc., E 41st, New York [?-1917-1918-?]
- Listed in White-Orr's Reference Register for 1918-19
Carr & Andrews Corporation, 64 Federal, Boston, MA [?-1905-?]
- 1905-06 Thomas' Register: LIGHTS · "Sidewalk"
L. R. Case, New York [?-1859-1873].
C. B. S. Co. Inc., Los Angeles, CA
- Embossed on a vault light (not in my collection)
Champion Iron Co., Kenton, OH [1876-1910-?]

Chase Brothers & Co., Boston, MA [?-1852-1862-?]

Chelmsford Foundry cover · 1903

James Magnusen caricature, President and Treasurer, Chicago Sidewalk Light Co., from Chicagoans as We See 'Em

JAMES MAGNUSEN
PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
CHICAGO SIDEWALK LIGHT CO
CHICAGOANS AS WE SEE 'EM
600DPI 1.8MB JPG 8.9MB PNG

Concrete Illuminating Tile Co. ad in The Inland Architect and News Record, volumne 12, 1888

Concrete Illuminating Tile Co.
Inland Architect and News Record,
v12, 1888

Chelmsford Foundry Co., 177 Devonshire, Boston, MA [?-1905-?]
- 1905-06 Thomas' Register: LIGHTS · "Sidewalk; Vault Floor"
Chicago Sidewalk Light Co., 101 Washington, Chicago [1895-1909-?]
- Patents: D26,735, 600,880, D29,044
- "NEW COMPANIES.—Chicago Sidewalk Light Co., Chicago, Ill.; $5,000; to manufacture sidewalk lights; James Magnusen, Martin Magnusen." —Engineering News-record, Volume 33, Supplement March 14, 1895
- Certified List of Domestic and Foreign Corporations for the Year 1903: Name of Corporation: Chicago Sidewalk Light Co.; Capital stock: 5,000; Location of Principal Office: 101 Washington st., Chicago; President or Manager: James Magnuson, 5933 Sangamon st.; Secretary: A. S. Magnuson, 5933 Sangamon st."
- "Magnusen, A. S., 5933 Sangamon Street. Chicago Sidewalk Light Co., Secretary and Director." and "Magnusen, James, 103, 101 Washington Street. Chicago Sidewalk Light Co., President, Treasurer, Manager and Director." —Directory of Directors of Chicago, 1905
- 1905-06 Thomas' Register: LIGHTS · "Sidewalk; Vault Floor"
- "Sidewalk Lights. Chicago Sidewalk Light Co., 103, 97 Clark C106" Chicago Central Business and Office Building Directory, 1908; also lists American Bar Lock Co. and J. C. French
- Newpaper mentions:
Chicasaw Iron Works, Memphis, TN [?-1905-?]
- 1905-06 Thomas' Register: LIGHTS · "Sidewalk"
Christopher & Simpson Architectural Iron & Foundry Co., 811 Park Ave., St. Louis, MO [?-1905-?]
- 1905-06 Thomas' Register: LIGHTS · "Sidewalk; Vault Floor"
Clark, Raffen & Co., E. Ohio, sw., cor. Kingsbury [?-1886-?]
- See A. N. Marquis & Co.'s Handy Business Directory of Chicago, 1886
Cleveland Window Glass Co., Cleveland, OH [1870-1944]
Clinton Glass Co., Chicago [?-1915-?]
- Listed under "Prismatic Glass" in 1915 Howard's Blue Book
Columbia Ornamental Iron Co., Canton, OH [1890-1937-?]
Concrete Illuminating Tile Co., 207 S. Canal St., Chicago [?-1884-1891-?]
- Telephone 4381
- "Government Work. Custom-House, etc., Cincinnati, O. — Synopsis of bids for illuminating-tiling, opened June 2, 1884: Snead & Co. Iron Works, $6,178; second sample, $5,320; Concrete Illuminating Tile Co., $4,611.50; Tice & Jacobs, $4,879; Haugh, Ketcham & Co., $4,975.72; Joseph Hall & Co., $5,790" — The Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer, Volume 10, 1884
- Lakeside Building [1885]
- "Manufacturers of Prismatic Plates, for Sidewalks, Areas, Floors, Skylights, Stairs, Roofs, Steel and Cast Cellar Doors, Coal Chutes, etc. Sidewalks, Floors and Skylights a Specialty." — A. N. Marquis & Co.'s Handy Business Directory of Chicago, 1886
- Incorporated January 21, 1886, Cleveland —Annual Report of the Secretary of State, to the Governor of the State of Ohio for the Year 1886
- "office 103 West Monroe" [1891]
Concrete Specialties Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, PA [?-1916-1918-?]
Condie-Neale Glass Co., St. Louis, MO [1903-1915?]
Continuous Glass Prism Co., where?, [?-1910-?]
- "Approved in Pressed Prism Glass Co. v. Continuous Glass Prism Co., 181 Fed. 154, patentee of process of making prism plate glass may recover as damages amount of profits it would have made on quantity of glass sold by infringer, and amount lost on its own sales by low prices forced by infringer" --Rose's Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports, 1919
Cooperative Flint Glass Co., Limited, Beaver Falls, PA [1869-1937].
Cornell's Iron Works, New York [?-1856-1897-?]
Cress & Co., Inc., see Timms, Cress & Co.
S. J. Creswell Iron Works, 23rd & Cherry, Philadelphia, PA [1835-1979?]
- "The firm of S. J. Cresswell Ironworks began in 1835 and continued in business until 1969. In a Philadelphia city directory of 1849, the firm was listed as a brass and iron founder, and stove maker, at 252 Sassafras (now Race) Street. In subsequent city directories, it moved steadily westward, to 814-16 Race Street in 1860 and 1865, and finally to the 23rd and Cherry location by 1873. (Previously, this location was the site of a tannery and machine shop.) In 1873, the company also still retained the 8th and Race Streets space. In 1883, S. J. Cresswell had two cupola furnaces and employed 85 people, and made architectural ironwork." —Workshops of the World
  
  S. J. Creswell Iron Works, 1914 · Ballinger Collection,
  Athenaeum of Philadelphia, via Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
- Adolph J. Schuessler RIP, foundry superintendent [?-1947] —The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan 28, 1947
- 1905-06 Thomas' Register: LIGHTS · "Sidewalk; Vault Floor"
- "DRAFTSMAN. Misc iron. Well est firm has oppty for exp'd man. Stdy work. Apply S J Creswell Iron Works, 1000 Comly St, JE 5-4223" —The Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov 24, 1970
- "DRAFTSMAN—Experienced only, immediate opening for misc iron detailer or strutural steel detailer with stair experience. Perm position with old established firm. Top salary, fully paid benefits, scheduled overtime. S. J. Creswell Iron Works. JE5-4223" —The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sep 30, 1973
- "DRAFTSMAN/WOMAN—Misc. iron with stair experience. Well estab. firm has oppty for expd person, S. J. Creswell Iron Works. 353-4223" —The Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct 31, 1977
- "BOOKKEEPER. Fast growing company. S. J. Creswell Iron Works. CCall between 9am-4pm, 535-4223" —The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan 21, 1979
J. T. Croft & Co., 17 Bristol St., Boston, MA [?-1888-1908-?]
- "Blacksmiths and Machinists, / IRON WORK for BUILDINGS. / Wrought and Cast Iron Fences, Crestings, Fire / Escapes, Stable Work, Window Guards, / Sash Bars, Bolts, Hangers, etc. / HYATT LIGHTS MADE TO ORDER." —A half century of Boston's building
Crown Iron Works, 115 2nd Av., Minneapolis, MN [?-1905-?]
- 1905-06 Thomas' Register: LIGHTS · "Sidewalk; Vault Floor"

Dale Tile Manufacturing Co., New York [?-1878-1894]
- Licensee of Hyatt's patent basement extension
- Louie E. Davenport patents (1892):
  - No. 472,699 - Apr 12, 1892 - Illuminating-Tile
  - No. 478,739 - Jul 12, 1892 - Illuminating-Lens
- "DOUBLING THEIR PLANT. The Dale Time Manufacturing Co. have such demands made upon them for sidewalk and stair and vault lights that they have been compelled to increase their manufacturing facilities to twice their original capacity. A large contract awarded them by J. C. Cady & Co., architects, for sidewalk and vault lights for the abattoir on 1st avenue, 43d and 44th streets, after having supplied the same lights for the same architects for the Y. W. C. Association building in Brooklyn, testifies to the high appreciation of their work by those who are competent to judge. The patent lens used by the company is applicable for all kinds of vault light, sidewalk, stair, store front or other work, and is set in concrete, cement or metal." —Record and Guide, September 8, 1892
- "A HANDSOME DOME SKYLIGHT OF SPECIAL DESIGN AT THE HOTEL WALDORF. The Dale Tile Manufacturing Co., of No. 399 Broome street, has recently completed an important contract at the Hotel Waldorf, 5th avenue and 33d street. The work is a dome skylight of special design and is in position over the garden court at the end of the 33d street entrance. It measures 20 feet from base to dome and comprises twelve sections, each about 10 feet wide, making a circle of about 120 feet. There are over 4,000 pieces of glass in the whole, embracing thirty-two different sizes and requiring thirty-two different moulds to turn out. All are hexagon-shaped and enameled. The skylight was built under patent of Mr. L. E. Davenport, general manager of the Dale Tile Manufacturing Co., and it is a piece of work of which he may well feel proud. The skylight was constructed on a false dome in the company's shop, and took six months to complete. It is estimated that this handsome and satisfactory piece of work cost $6,000 to construct." —Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, Volume 51, 1893
- Furman: "We, the Dale Tile Manufacturing Company, of the city of New York, manufactured and constructed vault lights and illuminating sidewalks, as above described, as early as the year 1887..." —The Federal Reporter, Riley v. Jackson, 1893
- "Dale Tile Manufacturing Co. Office in New York. Dissolved 1894." —Obsolete American Securities and Corporations
Dauchy & Co., 125 & 127 Indiana Street ("near Wells"), Chicago [1874-?]

Daylight Glass Mfg Co. advertising card
Geo. M. Davis, 136 Blecker, New York [?-1918-?]
- Listed in White-Orr's Reference Register for 1918-19
Daylight Glass Mfg. Co., 608 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA [?-1902-1908-?]
- "Daylight Glass Manufacturing Company, Delaware. Philadelphia, Bourse Building, J. A. Hays." —List of Charters of Corporations Enrolled in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth [of Pennsylvania], During the Two Years Beginning June 1, 1901, and ending June 1, 1903
- Mentioned in "The Architect's and Builder's Pocket-book: A Handbook for Architects, Structural Engineers, Builders, and Draughtsmen", by Frank E. Kidder, 1908.
Daylight Prism Co., Chicago [1899-1908-?]
A. De Mateo, 107 Varick, New York [?-1918-?]
- Listed in White-Orr's Reference Register for 1918-19
Thos. Dimond, New York [?-1905-?]
- 1905-06 Thomas' Register: LIGHTS · "Sidewalk; Vault Floor"
Dixon Art Glass Co., Los Angeles, CA [?-1907-1915-?]
- "DIXON ART GLASS CO" embossed on the edge of a prism tile
- Appears in LA City Directory for 1907
- "Articles of incorporation were filed yesterday by the following concerns: Dixon Art Glass Co.—Capital $100,000; subscribed $100,000. Incorporators, F. A. Dixon, W. LeRoy Dixon, H. P. Dixon." Los Angeles Herald, Number 39, 10 November 1911 (California Digital Newspaper Collection)
- "Los Angeles, Calif.—Costerisan & Kavanaugh, Archs., California Bldg., Los Angeles, have completed plans and specifications for a five-story and basement Class A, reinforced-concrete warehouse to be constructed at Griffith Ave and 31st St. for the Dixon Art Glass Co., 1386 Wall St. The building will be 80 × 140 ft., and will have reinforced concrete frame, roof slab and floors, brick filler walls, ruffled brick exterior facing with artificial stone trim. The cost is estimated at $60,000." Engineering News, Vol. 72, No. 14 (1914)
- "The Dixon Glass Co. announces the completion of its modernly equipped glass warehouse at Thirty-fifth St. and Griffith Ave., which it is now occupying and from which it sent out its New Year greetings to the trade. The company has built this structure to suit its particular needs and has provided every facility for prompt service. The name has been changed from the Dixon Art Glass Co. by the omission of the word "Art," the shorter name better designating the broader business it is now doing in supplying all kinds of plate and window glass." —Southwest Contractor and Manufacturer, Vol 16, January 8, 1915
  
  James P. Dwan
  Western Architect and Engineer · 1917
- The National Glass Budget: Weekly Review of the American Glass Industry, Volume 31 (1915) also notes "The Dixon Art Glass Co., of Los Angeles, Cal., has moved from 901 E. 31st street to 31st and Griffith streets, and hereafter the firm will be known as The Dixon Glass Co."
James P. Dwan, San Francisco, CA [?-1917-?]
- Hearst Building; Phone: Douglas 3199
- Luxfer sidewalk lights and transom prisms

Empire Vault Light Co., New York [?-1933-1944-?]

Manhattan
- Owner: Meyer Goldberg (wife Gertrude) [1933]
- "THE BOARD OF TRANSPORTATION, acting by its Chief Engineer, proposes to approve the following as subcontractors: ... Empire Vault Light Co., 243 E. 38th st., Manhattan, for furnishing and installing vault lights in the Greeley Sq. Park Public Comfort Station ..." —The City Record, March 13, 1939
- "[Cases] George Goldberg and Meyer Goldberg, copartners, doing business under the trade name and style of Empire Vault Light Co. v. United States; report of commissioner. [1944.] no. 45516, p. 27-30. Ju 3.8: Em 73" —United States Government Publications, July 1944 Monthly Catalog
- See Manhattan gallery
Enterprise Iron Works & Foundry → Scherpe & Koken Iron Works
Enterprise Prism Co., 176 Wooster, New York [?-1918-?]
- Listed in White-Orr's Reference Register for 1918-19
"Enterprise Prism Repair Co., David P. Condon, 128 E 98th"
- Polk's (Trow's) New York Copartnership and Corporation Directory, 1916
Chas. F. Ernst, Buffalo, NY [?-1905-?]
- 1905-06 Thomas' Register: LIGHTS · "Sidewalk"
Excelsior Iron Works (Burnet Jackson Co.), New York [1839-1888?]

Fletcher & Crowell Co. · 1901

Fletcher & Crowell Co., Portland, ME [?-1901-1905-?]
- Successors to G. M. Stanwood & Co.
- Plain & Ornamental Iron Works
- Nos. 261, 263, 265 Commercial Street.
- Ed. Fletcher, President; E. A. Crowell, Treasurer
- "Sidewalk Lights, Beams, Girders, Iron Columns, Iron Stairs, Iron Doors, Iron Shutters, Castings, Fire Escapes, Fences, Truss Rods, Bolts, Etc."
- 1905-06 Thomas' Register: LIGHTS · "Sidewalk; Vault Floor"
J. C. French & Sons, New York
William J. Fryer, Jr., New York? [?-1880-?]
- Licensee of Hyatt's patent basement extension

Globe Iron & Foundry Co., Corner 9th & Victor, St. Louis, MO [?-1905-?]
- 1905-06 Thomas' Register: LIGHTS · "Sidewalk; Vault Floor"
Albert Grauer & Co., Detroit, MI [1905-1927-?]

Hanika Iron Fence Co. ad in Building Age, Volume 9, Issue 4, 1887

Hanika Iron Fence Co. ad, 1887

Hires & Co. cover · 1886
Columbia University Libraries

Holophane Trademark

Holophane Works, Newark OH

Official Souvenir · Historic Howell Works · 1972

L. M. Ham & Co., 152 Portland, Boston, MA [?-1905-?]

1905-06 Thomas' Register: LIGHTS · "Sidewalk; Vault Floor"

Hanika Iron Fence Co., No. 19 N. Market St. (general office), P.C. & St.L.R.R. (works), Springfield, OH [?-1884-1891-?]
- "Iron Fence Crestings, Verandas, Window Guards, Station House Cages, Jail and Architectural Iron Work"
- George Spence, President; Nathanial Cregar, Vice President; Geo. E. Spence, Treasurer; J. W. R. Cline, Secretary; C. Hanika, Superintendant
- The Ohio Dept. of Inspection of Workshops, Factories and Public Buildings lists for Hanika employees: 30 male, no female, and 4 minor. Changes were ordered to "Minors; emery-wheels". —Annual Report of the Department of Inspection of Workshops, 1887
- Catalogue "B" pages 51 to 65: "Wrought Iron Works, Builders Supplies, &c", includes "Illuminating Sidewalk Lights".
- "Springfield Architectural Iron Works took over Wm. Burns & Co. and Hanika Fence Co." —Catalogue D of the Hanika Iron Fence Comp'y
- There's a Hanika "SAW AND FILE PROOF JAIL AND STATION-HOUSE WORK" catalog for sale for $485.
- The same seller has a Catalog D for sale for a mere $650; the accompanying price list is dated 1891.
Hetherington & Berner, 19 W. South, Chicago [?-1905-?]
- Thomas' Register 1905-06 · LIGHTS · "Sidewalk; Vault Floor"
F. L. Heughes Co., 190 South Ave., New York [?-1905-?]
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)
Highland Glass Co., Washington, PA [?-1915-?]
- Listed under "Prismatic Glass" in 1915 Howard's Blue Book
Hires & Co., Philadelphia, PA — see Hires Turner Glass Co.
Hires Turner Glass Co., Philadelphia, PA
Holophane Glass Co., 340 Madison, New York [?-1898-1918-?]
- Slogan: "Holophane directs light scientifically"
- Holophane Scientific Glassware, Central Station, Vol. 4, 1904
- The Holophane Light and Vision Institute (1915) and more Holophane catalogs at the Internet Archive
- "In the early 1890s, Otis A. Mygatt became interested in what was then referred to as the "holophane product"—a glass globe with horizontal, parallel prisms positioned to control light. After acquiring the rights to the globes and reflectors in 1895, Mygatt founded the Holophane Co. in London. Three years later, he formed the Holophane Glass Co., Inc., in New York, N.Y. In the company's infancy, the globes were used with carbon, acetylene and oil lamps and with gas burners to make the gas flame or mantle more effective." —Holophane centennial - Electrical Wholesaling Magazine
Horrocks Iron Works, 234 N. Broad, Philadelphia, PA [?-1905-?]
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)
Howell Works, 353 Adams St., New York [1827-1850]
- "Howell Works (later the Howell Works Company) was a bog iron-based production facility for pig iron which was established in New Jersey in the early 19th century by American engineer and philanthropist James P. Allaire. It is notable as one of the earliest American examples of a company town." —Wikipedia
- "ALLAIRE POST OFFICE HISTORY"
  - "First established October 13, 1827 as 'Howell Furnace'"
  - "Name changed to 'Howell Works' June 16, 1831"
  - See also:
    - The Deserted Village
    - The Howell Iron Works And The Romance Of Allaire
    - Early Forges & Furnaces in New Jersey
    - Bog Iron in the Company Town of Allaire
- The Foreman's Cottage: "Built in 1831, this structure served as the home of the foreman in charge of the Howell Works casting house. It is presently used as a post office becase each foreman was also the Village postmaster from 1831 through 1848."
- See cover in Manhattan gallery
HR Co.
- Large HR over Co embossed on the front of a prism tile
- There is also a small condiment jar embossed HR Co on the base, perhaps from the same company.
Humboldt Iron Works, 152 Centre St, New York [?-1874-1875-?]
Hyatt Brothers / Thaddeus Hyatt & Co., New York

Ingalls & Case, New York [?-ca1870-?]

Insert Vault Light Corporation, 1915 Sweet's
- Joshua K. Ingalls in occasional partnership with Lewis R. Case
- "Case made vault lights on Worth St. from approximately 1864 to 1873" —Walter Grutchfield
- 1859 NYC directory: "patent lights, self-locking vault covers, air-forcing furnacing, &c." [W.G. again]
Ingalls & Mark or Ingalls, Mark & Co., New York [?-1872-5/1/1882]
- US 1880 Census records "Ingall[s] & Mark, Vault Lights"
- See Walter Grutchfield for history
Insert Vault Light Corporation, 154 Nassau, New York [?-1915-1922-?]
- "Manufacturers of The Replaceable Vault Light"
- "The Insert Vault Light consists of a glass insert with a patented lock incased in a malleable iron rim. The malleable iron casing is flanged and keyed to receive and automatically lock the glass insert, and when laid in the cement construction is indestructible. It preserves the edges of the concrete and is practically unremoveable after being installed."
- See Sweet's Catalogue of Building Construction for 1915
- "Insert Vault Light Corp (N Y) Wm Fancioli pres, Abr Kaplan sec, Jno M Powers treas, 149 Bway R2611" —Trow's general directory of the boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx, city of New York, 1922-1923
"International Iron Works & Vault Light Co. (RTN) (Morris Wortman) 234 W 20th" —Trow's general directory of the boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx, city of New York, 1922-1923

Geo. R. Jackson & Co., New York [?-1858-?]

Corran's Los Angeles Directory · 1888

Johnson Brothers ad
Trow's New York City Directory, 1871
- "PATENT LIGHTS for VAULT, AREAS AND SKYLIGHTS. The subscribers call the attention of the public to this method of illuminating and ventilating vault and areas, secured to them by the following patents:
  - Geo. R. Jackson's Prismatic Vault-light, patented April 21, 1857
  - Geo. R. Jackson's Ventilating Vault-light, patented April 21, 1857
  - Geo. R. Jackson's Burglar-proof Sky-light, patented Dec. 15, 1857
  - Geo. R. Jackson's Conical Vault-light, reisued Jan. 19, 1858
  - Geo. R. Jackson's Grooved Vault-light, patented March 16, 1858
  Specimens can be seen at Tacs. [?] Hunt, Esq.'s new store, corner of Park-place and Collage-place, or at our office, where estimates for cost of this and all kinds of iron work, including iron railing doors, shutters, vaults, safes, stair-cases, columns, beams, lintels, girders, and all iron work appertaining to buildings. GEO R. JACKSON & CO., No.s 199 and 201 Centre st., and Nos. 1, 3 and 5 Howard st." —New York Times, April 20, 1858.
P. H. Jackson & Co., San Francisco [?-1905-1918-?]
Jacobs & Sons (later Jacobs Co.), New York [1845-1908-?]
Jeannette Glass Co., Jeannette, PA [1888-1983]
Johnson Brothers, 215 and 217 Brand St, New York [?-1871-1898-?]
- "Johnson Brothers, (Successors to Cameron & Johnson,) Manufacturers of Plain and Ornamental Iron Work, Railings, Doors, Shutters, Gratings, Vault Lights, Sky-Lights, and Fire Escapes. Castings of All Kinds, etc. 215 and 217 Grand Street, near the Bowery, New York. Factory Office, 39 Elizabeth Street. N.B.—Repairing of every description executed with neatness and despatch." —Johnson Brothers ad in Trow's New York City Directory of 1895
H. Chas. Judge Mfg. Co. (Searchlight Prisms), Los Angeles, CA [?-1909-?]
- "617 Pacific Elec. Bldg. Dl. H. Chas. Judge Mfg. & Bldg. Co." —Directory of American Cement Industries (1909)
Jupiter Prism, Davenport, IA

Keppler Glass Constructions, New York [1912-1928]
Koken Iron Works → Scherpe & Koken Iron Works

Luciflex Prism Lighting Co., Philadelphia, PA [?-1915-?]
Luminous Prism Co., Chicago [?-1898-1901-?]
Luxfer Prism Co., Chicago

John McGuigan & Co., San Francisco, CA [?-1908-1914-?]
Madison Avenue Foundry Co., 155 E. Madison Ave., Cleveland, OH [?-1905-?]
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)
Mahony Manufacturing Co., 5th Ave., corner Liberty, Troy, NY [?-1905-?]
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)
Maltby Prism Co., Boston/New York [?-1902-1919-?]
Manhattan Prism Glass Co., 447 Canal, New York [?-1918-?]
- Listed in White-Orr's Reference Register for 1918-19
Manhattan Vault Light Co., 363 Broadway, New York [?-1897-1919-?]
- John A. Sadaracco, 32 Howard —Polk's (Trow's) New York Copartnership and Corporation Directory, 1914
- "The basement areas are lighted by the Manhattan Vault Light, a very superior and excellent construction." —The Brickbuilder, Volume 6, Page 185, 1897
- Listed in White-Orr's Reference Register for 1918-19
Manufacturer's Glass Co., 38 S. Dearborn St., Chicago [?-1906-1922-?]
- Seen as "Manufacturers Glass Co" and "Manufacturers' Glass Co" sometimes.
- Made the well-known "pressed lens" 4" tile (no prisms though) and auto headlamps.
- Buffalo Glass Co. v. Manufacturer's Glass Co., 142 Fed. 373
- Listed in the 1922 Chicago Central Business and Office Building Directory
- "Plant will be run as the Kneass Window Glass Company.
  
  The following from the Commoner and Glassworker regarding the purchase and starting of the local plant:
  
  Several window glass plants will be added to the producing list within the next few weeks, among them being the tank factories at Coudersport and Hazelhurst, Pa., and the plant at Summitville, Ind. The Coudersport factory has been purchased by the Manufacturers' Glass Co., of Cleveland, O., (the Van Cleve interests) and will be operated under the title, Kneass Window Glass Co. Fire was lighted in the tank this week and matters are being hustle preparatory to starting as soon as possible to put the plant in shape. According to advices received at this office Wm. J. Edgar, the well known Port Allegany, Pa., window glass manager, will have charge of the factory equipment.
  
  In acquiring this plant the Manufacturers' Glass Co., also takes possession of 33 houses involved in the deal, the houses and plant having been the former property of the American Window Glass Co. The amount involved in the transaction has not been given out officially, but it is said that the figures was between $35,000 and $45,000. The reports received state that Coudersport citizens offered the Manufacturers' Glass Co. certain inducements in the shape of a bonus and gas contract in order to get the works in operation again and that they are jubilant over the prospects of a start being made. The plant has been idle for some time." —The Potter Enterprise, Feb 16, 1905
Megquier & Jones Co. · 1902

Theo. W. Morris & Co. · 1887

Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co.
Marcus Prism Co., Philadelphia [1899-1901]
Jacob Mark, New York [?-1868-1905-?]
Megquier & Jones Co., 29-33 Pearl St, Portland, ME [?-1902-2016]
- Plain and Ornamental Iron and Brass Works
- Steel Beams · Brass Castings · Channels
- Iron Columns, Sidewalk Lights, Window Guards, Wire Work, Iron Doors, Shutters, Fences; Sheet Brass, Rod-Tube, Nails, Wire, Copper, Bolt, Rod-Wire-Nails, Andirons, Fire Sets
- 1905-06 Thomas' Register · LIGHTS · "Sidewalk; Vault Floor"
- "Megquier & Jones closed its business in December, then sublet the site to Tait so he could get in there on Jan. 1, before the purchase closed, to begin rehab work." — Mainebiz, May 27, 2016
- Old website megjones.com is defunct, but see the Wayback Machine
Merritt Co., 1024 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia, PA [?-1905-?]
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)
Mesker Brothers Iron Co., Saint Louis, MO [?-1898-1965-?]
- "IRON VAULT LIGHTS", "ILLUMINATING IRON SIDEWALK LIGHT", "SMOOTH CONCRETE SIDEWALK LIGHT"
- 24th Edition General Catalog · 1914
- More catalogs here
Minwax Vault Light Cement
- "All expansion joints in the terrace floor between the stylobates and the balustrade walls were to be cleaned to the depth of the upper slab and blown out with compressed air. When clean, they were to be primed with Minwax Asphalt Primer and allowed to dry. Minwax Vault Light Cement would be poured into the joints and made flush with then top of the slab. Before this hardened, a coat of clean white sand was to be sprinkled on the surface of the joints to prevent adhesion of the asphalt compound to pedestrian traffic."
  George Rogers Clark NHP, Historic Structures Report, The 1943-44 Rehabilitation Program at the Memorial
Mississippi Glass Co. / Mississippi Wire Glass Co., St. Louis, MO [1873-1970s]
Morlite Co., 404 West Ohio St., Chicago
Theo. W. Morris & Co., New York [1837-1918-?]
- 474, 476 & 478 Greenwich St.
- 440-444 Canal St.; 12, 14, 16 Vestry St.
- "SCHANCK'S GLASS DEPOT. Est. 1837. Theo. W. Morris & Co., successors to Morris, Delano & Co., D. S. Schanck's Sons and Schanck & Downing." —A Guide to American Trade Catalogs, 1744-1900
- By special arrangement with the Manufacturers and Patentees, the Mississippi Glass Co., we are now fully supplied with the novel and beautiful Ondoyant and Antique Catherdral, in every tint, and invite the inspection of architects, workers in Art Stained-Glass, and all others interested in the fine arts." —American Architect and Architecture, Volume 20 · 1886
- "Mr. and Mrs. Theo. W. Morris, of New York, celebrated their golden wedding on the 2nd inst. Mr. Morris is the guiding spirit of the firm of Theo. W. Morris & Co., one of the oldest and most highly regarded glass distributing houses in the Metropolis." —National Glass Budget: Weekly Review of the American Glass Industry, Volume 32
- Listed in White-Orr's Reference Register for 1918-19
Mullen Replaceable Vault Light Co., Pittsburgh, PA [1914-1920-?]

National Glass Works, Union & 22nd Streets, Bellaire, OH [1869-1984]
National Vault Light Co., 537 Jackson Avenue, (Bronx) New York [?-1918-1932-?]

Braun's Patented
Vault Light Construction
Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, December 27, 1903

New York Prism Co.
H. Neustein, 122 E 11th, New York [?-1918-?]
- Listed in White-Orr's Reference Register for 1918-19
New Jersey Foundry & Machine Co., 9 Murray, New York [?-1903-1905-?]
- Louis Braun assigned ½ of his Patent No. 699,783 (dated May 13, 1902) to Joseph Buellesbach
- NEWHALL Vault Light (Braun's Patent)
- "BRAUN'S PATENTED VAULT LIGHT CONSTRUCTION. STEEL, CONCRETE, GLASS. WITH OR WITHOUT SAFETY TREAD. New Jersey Foundry & Machine Co. 9 TO 15 MURRAY ST. NEW YORK." —Real Estate Record and Builders'
  Guide, December 27, 1903
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)
New York Prism Co., New York [?-1900-1919-?]
New York Vault Light Co., New York [?-1913-1914-?]
- Paid $5 corporate tax in 1913
- "Action by Albert N. Chambers against George Vassar's Sons & Co., Incorporated, and others to foreclose a mechanics' lien. Judgment entered distributing the balance due from the owner to the principal contractor among the lienholders." ... "Thompson, Warren & Pelgram, of New York City, for defendant New York Vault Light Co." —New York Supplement, Volume 143, 1914
Northwestern Foundry (S. T. Ferguson, Prop.), 312 S. 10th, Minneapolis, MN [?-1905-?]
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)

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Paxton & Vierling Iron Works, 17th & U.P. Railroad, Omaha, NE [1885-present]
- Owen Industries History:
  - "The company that would eventually become Owen Industries began as two separate entities: Vierling Steel Company in Chicago & the William Paxton Company in Omaha"
  - "Founded in 1885 as Paxton & Vierling Iron Works, in our early days we produced the majority of the street lamps in Omaha, Nebraska and provided iron material for countless warehouse buildings. Paxton & Vierling diversified in the early 1900s, processing structural steel for Omaha's construction boom and offering component fabrication for the emerging railroad industry. After World War II, we began supplying steel products to the Midwest's growing manufacturing and agricultural markets."
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)
Peerless Prism Co., 416 W Broadway, New York [?-1910-1919-?]
- James T. Turnbull, 173 Prince —Polk's (Trow's) New York Copartnership and Corporation Directory, 1910
- Listed under "Prismatic Glass" in 1915 Howard's Blue Book
- Jas. T. Turnbull, 416 W. Broadway —Polk's New York Copartnership and Corporation Directory, 1915
- Listed in White-Orr's Reference Register for 1918-19
Pennsylvania Wire Glass Co., Philadelphia, PA [?-1915-?]
- Listed under "Prismatic Glass" in 1915 Howard's Blue Book
Phoenix Sidewalk Light Co., San Francisco, CA [?-1914-1922-?]
Phoenix Steel Construction Co., Penn Ave. & 3rd, Pittsburg, PA [?-1905-?]
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Pittsburgh, PA [1883-present]
Leo Popper & Sons, No. 143-147 Franklin St., New York [1880-1971]
Pressed Prism Plate Glass Co., Morgantown, WV [1902-1969]
Prismatic Glass Co., New Hampshire [owned Pennycuick's 1882 patent from 1887-89]
Prismatic Light Co., 26 Beaver St., New York [?-1900-?]
- Mentioned in Fire Prevention and Protection · 1900
Prismatic Vault and Cellar Light Co., 13 S. Canal, Chicago [?-1886-?]
- E. F. Cullerton apparently (same address)
- See A. N. Marquis & Co.'s Handy Business Directory of Chicago, 1886

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Radiating Light Co., Chicago [Oct 1896-1897 becoming Luxfer]
- Founded on James G. Pennycuick's patent No. 312,290 (Prismatic Window Glass, filed 1882, granted 1885)
- John Meiggs Ewen, President, Henry M. Bacon, Secretary, Thomas W. Horn, and James G. Pennycuick founders.
- "The Radiating Light company at Chicago: capital stock, $10,000; to manufacture glass, electrical supplies; incorporators, Henry Schofield, Henry M. Bacon, William R. Odell." —Chicago Tribune, Oct 8, 1896
- Changed name to the Semi-Prism Glass Company (date?)
- "The Semi-Prism Glass Company, Chicago, certified to a change of name to the Luxfer Prism Company." —The Inter Ocean, Dec 3, 1896; luxfer for light and ferre meaning to carry.
- Corporations for Profit section of the 1898 Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois lists Radiating Light Co. of Chicago with capital stock of $10,000 (statement filed October 7, 1896, final certificate issued October 20, 1896, fees paid $55).
- Engineering News, Volume 36, 1896, shows "Radiating Light Co., Chicago, Ill.; $10,000; Henry Schofield, Henry M. Bacon, William R. Odell."
Ransome & Smith Co., 11 Broadway, New York [?-1905-?]
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)
Reflex Glass Co., Chicago [?-1898-1900-?]
- Prism tile embossed "REFLEX CO PAT JUNE 98 5" refers to Millet's 1898 design patent D28,909 which was apparently made by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
- "New Corporations. ... The Reflex Glass Company, Chicago; to manufacture window glass; Capital, $1,000. Incorporators, George L. Healy, Louis J. Millet, and Oscar Jander." —Paint, Oil and Chemical Review, Volume 25, May 25, 1898
- In the 1898 Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, Reflex Glass Co is listed with $1,000 Capital Stock; statement filed and license issued May 17, 1898; final certificate issued June 18, 1898; fees paid $30.
- "Reflex Glass Co George L Healy pres; Louis J Millet v pres; Oscar Jander sec 151 Michigan av" —1900 Chicago Directory, ChicagoAncestors.org
- "George L. Healy and Louis J. Millet opened their decorating firm in 1880 in Chicago after graduating from the L'École des Beaux-Arts in Paris." —Chicago Cultural Center on Instagram
James H. Rice Co., Chicago, [1872-1918]
J. Merrill Richards, Boston, MA [?-1927-?]
Richards & Kelly Mfg. Co., Chicago [1885-1937-?]
Riehl & Dugro, 48 Marion, New York [?-1871-?]
- Frederick Riehl and Philippe Dugro
- "Manufacturers of Plain and Ornamental Iron Railings, Cast Iron Columns, Girders, Lintels, Sills, Cast and Wrought Iron Beams, all kinds of Iron Railing, Grating, Doors, Shutters, Sky-Lights, Vault-Lights, Fire Escapes, Perforated Flooring for Malt Kilns, &c., &c. House and Machine Smith Work in general." —Trow's New York City Directory, 1871
P. Rieseck, Corner Allegheny Ave. & Rebecca, Allegheny, PA [?-1905-?]
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)
Rockwell's Patent Lights, "Broadway, near John St., New York", NY [?-1835-?]
Rodefer Glass Co., see National Glass Works
Rodefer-Gleason Glass Co., see National Glass Works
Russell Wheel & Foundry Co., Detroit, MI [?-1905-?]
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)

St. Paul Foundry Co., Como Ave. & Mackabin, St. Paul, MN [?-1905-?]
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)

J. C. Saxton, 52 Broadway, New York [?-1889-?]

"Sidewalk Ventilators, Prismatic Lights, Vessel's Deck Lights & Ventilators, 52 Broadway" —The Business Directory of New York City, and Newark City, N.J., 1889

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Sargeant Glass Co., Kane, PA [?-1916-1976-?]
L. Schreiber & Sons Co., 8th & Eggleston Ave., Cincinnati, OH [?-1854-1905-?]
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)
Scherpe & Koken, Louis, MO [?-1887-?]
Schulz & Voelker,
- F. Schulz, A. Voelker
- "Manufacturers of all kinds of cast, wrought and sheet iron work for buildings. Iron columns and store fronts, wrought iron beams. Iron stairs & shutters, store, wall & safe doors. Railings, fences and crestings of every description. Prismatic sidewalk lights, coal hole covers, etc. Sash bars and Wire Guards in Every Variety. 190 Blue Island Ave., Chicago." —Trade Card [600 DPI]
- Back of card has penciled notation "$10-50" [with 50 crossed out], then "for the two drain gratings for F. R. Otin [?]". Not sure about last name.
Semi-Prism Glass Co., see Luxfer Glass Co.
Sergeant Glass Co., Burrows, PA [?-1907-1941]
- Not to be confused with the Sargeant Glass Co. of Kane, PA
- More confusion (same or different company?): "The plant of the Sergeant Glass Company at Sergeant, Pa., has been purchased by the Mississippi Glass Company and possession was obtained May 15." —Pittsburgh Daily Post, May 26, 1907
- "The Sergeant Glass company of Burrows, Pa. (head office at Williamsport), has opened an office at 81-83 Fulston street, New York City, for the convenience of eastern glass dealers. The office is in charge of Mr. Samuel T. Crissy. The official announcement, dated July 15, says ''Mr. Crissy will cheerfully give his immediate attention to all inquiries relative to our high-grade products. Our wire glass, as well as our plain glass, is made in polished, rough, ribbed and figured patterns, and may be had in any size or thickness desires.'' —National Glass Budget" (from The Kane Republican, August 1, 1914)
- "That the Sergeant Wire Glass company is now the proper name for what was the Sergeant Glass company... the officials, in announcing the change, explained that the new name is more significant of the type glas manufactured there." —The Kane Republican, August 16, 1932
- "Notice is hereby given by the Sergeant Wire Glass Company ... that it indends to withdraw from doing business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ... and that on July 7, 1941 it will file an application for a certificate of withdrawal with the Department of State at Harrisburg ..." —The Kane Republican, June 24, 1941
Shapiro Iron Works Co., 163 Essex, New York [?-1912-1918-?]
- "Shapiro Iron Works Co., Manhattan, New York City; $2,000 to do structural and general iron work" —Iron Trade Review, Volume 50, 1912 (Pointers About New Business)
- Listed in White-Orr's Reference Register for 1918-19
G. W. and H. Smith, 409 Federal St., Boston.
L. E. Smith Glass Co., Jeanette, PA [1907-2004]
- "On August 12, 1907, Louis E. Lew Smith and his associates organized the L. E. Smith Glass Co. to lease the decorating plant of the McKee-Jeannette Glass Co., Jeannette, Pennsylvania. Smith had been the manager of the McKee-Jeannette decorating establishment since 1906 and essentially continued in that position with the new corporation. The new company filled its first order on September 16, 1907. When Smith purchased the Anchor Glass Co. ... he sold the Jeanette business to the American Glass Specialty Co. of Monaca, Pennsylvania..." —The Anchor Glass Co., L. E. Smith Glass Co., and the Mystery of the Anchor Fruit Jar by Bill Lockhart and Barry Bernas
- Bought Anchor Glass Co's plant in 1909
- Thought to be the producer of Mullen Replaceable Vault Light Co's lenses: an accounts-owed listing includes Smith Glass Co., 10,000 glass, $408.34
- "The L. E. Smith Glass Co., Mt. Pleasant, Pa., is making a special feature this season of its glass poultry fountain. The company is also heavily interested in the manufacture of vault lights." —Crockery and Glass Journal, Volume 79, April 30, 1914
- "SMITH GLASS CO., L. E., P. O. BOX 1, MT. PLEASANT. Works—Greensburg, Mt. Pleasant. Product: Colored glass specialties, 10-cent store specialties, Vault lights, auto lenses, paste jars, etc. Pres., W. S. Wible; V. Pres. J. S. Hall; Treas. and Gen. Mgr., C. M. Wible; Secy., C. L. Spence. Process: 4 continuous tanks, 28 rings. No. of employees: 251" —Bulletin, Pennsylvania State College. Mining Experiment Station, Issue 1, 1922
- "The financially troubled L. E. Smith Glass Co., one of the last hand-molded glass factories in the United States, abruptly ceased production this week after talks between a potential buyer and a major lender failed." —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 2, 2004
Smith & Lovett, Boston, MA
Smith Wire & Iron Works, 100 Lake, Chicago [?-1905-?]
- 1905-06 Thomas' Register · LIGHTS · "Sidewalk; Vault Floor"
Snead Architectural Iron Works aka Snead & Co. Iron Works, Louisville, KY & Jersey City, NJ [?-1885-1921-?]
- Listed under Iron Sidewalk Lights: "The Snead & Co. Iron Works, Louisville, Ky. (Opp. Light of Arch.)" —Directory of Architects and Classified Directory of First Hands in the Building Trades, 1885
- Listed in Poor's Directory of Railway Officials, 1893
- 1905-06 Thomas' Register · LIGHTS · "Sidewalk; Vault Floor"
- "Angus Snead Macdonald, president of the Snead Company from 1915 to 1952..." Library stack, Wikipedia
- OBITUARY: "Udolpho Snead, chairman of the board of Snead & Co., Jersey City, died in New York, April 19, following a long illness. Mr. Snead was born Dec. 5, 1843. At 17 years of age he started to work. In 1880, he went with Snead & Co., of which interest he later became president. For a period of about 10 years he was president of the Louisville Gas & Electric Light Co., Louisville, Ky., but otherwise spent his entire career with Snead & Co. He was president of the Snead Mfg. & Building Co., Louisville, and a director of some of the Louisville banks." The Iron Trade Review, Volume 68, 1921
- Moodys Manual of Railroads and Corporation Securities, 1921:
  - "SNEAD & CO.—Inc. Feb 28, 1900, in N. J. Business was originally started in 1849, in Louisville, Ky., and moved to Jersey City in 1900. In 1919 the name was changed from The Snead & Co. Iron Works to its present designation. Manufactures propeller shafts, library bookstacks, grey iron castings, and certain specialties which it sells direct to the consumer by mail. Plant is located at foot of Pine St., Jersey City, N. J., on 22 acres of land owned in fee. It has a siding from the Central RR of N. J. Owns $37,400 of the $40,000 capital stock of Snead & Co. Iron Works, Ltd. (Canada)."
  - "Officers: A. S. Macdonald, Pres. & Gen. Mgr.; H. P. Macdonald, V-P; L. R. Stagg, V-P., W. S. Snead, Sec. & Treas.; E. Steeb, Aud.; M. C. Steiner, Pur. Agt., Jersey City, N. J."
  - "Directors: Udolpho Snead, I. S. Snead, New York; A. S. Macdonald, Great Neck, L. I.; H. P. Macdonald, Montclair, N. J.; L. R. Stagg, Ridgewood, N. J."
  - "General Office, foot of Pine St., Jersey City, N. J."
- How One Company Designed the Bookshelves that Made America's Biggest Libraries Possible, Lydia Pyne, Slate, Feb. 1 2016
Snead Glass Co. Hartford City, ID [?-1905-?]
- Thomas' Register 1905-06 · LIGHTS · "Vault; Sidewalk"
- "HARTFORD CITY · Clifford C. Smith, 73, R.R. 1, died at the Blackford County Hospital at 3:45 Thursday afternoon, following an extended illness. He was a retired glass worker. He worked for the Snead Glass Co. where he was employed 30 years. ..." —The Muncie Star, January 15, 1971
Sneath Glass Co. · 1929
Sneath Glass Co., Hartford City, ID [1892-1952]
- "The Sneath Glass Company was an American manufacturer of glass and glassware. After a brief 1890s startup in Tiffin, Ohio, the Company moved to Hartford City, Indiana, to take advantage of the Indiana Gas Boom, the small city was enjoying the benefits of the Indiana Gas Boom, and could provide natural gas as an energy source for manufacturers. Sneath Glass was one of many glass manufacturers that moved to the region, and became Hartford City's second largest employer." —WikiVisually
- Recently Patented Inventions: "SIDEWALK LIGHT.—A. C. Crimmel, address Sneath Glass Co., Hartford City, Ind. [Nov 18, 1919 · No. 1,322,481] The general object of the invention is the provision of lights or transparent tiles for sidewalks, pavements, vault covers, floors and the like. A further object is to provide a non-breakable transparent tile or light which may be exposed to the varying influences of temperature, and which may be used in substitution for the single piece glass tile, and be readily set in place in any form of frame made to hold the usual form of vault light." —Scientific American, Volume 122 · 1920
Asa Snyder, 1008 Cary St., Richmond, Va. [?-1879-?]
Solar Prism Co., Cleveland, OH
Standard Glass Co., Cleveland, OH [?-1899-1906-?]
- "Mnfrs. of Solar Prism Glass, 222 Champlain av. Tel. Main 2768; James G. Brown, mngr." —1899-1900 Cleveland City Directory
- There are several companies named "Standard Glass":
  - Cleveland: the one we care about, which has the same address as the Solar Prism Company (222 Champlain).
  - Chicago: "New Corporations: Standard Glass Company, Chicago; capital, $35,000; manufacturing and selling glass; incorporators: E. C. Kirshel, Robert Keene, Jr., K. I. Sorrow." —Paint, Oil and Drug Review, Volume 30, 1902
  - Wellsburg, WV
  - Marion, IN: "D. P. Reardon, manager of the Standard Glass Company, Marion, Ind." Paint, Oil and Chemical Review, Volume 55, 1913; "Trademark is found base-embossed on their line of clear ("flint") rectangular pharmaceutical/prescription bottles. This trademark was first used in 1908, according to information published in Arthur G. Peterson's 400 Trademarks on Glass (1968). Standard Glass Company was bought by Foster-Forbes Glass Company in 1933." —GLASS BOTTLE MARKS
  - Shinglehouse, PA: "manufacturers of preserving jars", 1913
  - NYC: "Standard Glass Co. (Del.) (William F. Thompson, Pres.; Julius F. Smith, Sec. Capital, $1,000,000. Directors: William F. Thompson, Junius F. Smith, W. G. Havens, E. Keene, A. J. Provost, J. Virdin, J. H. Balston) 346 B'way R. 1138" —The Trow (formerly Wilson's) Copartnership and Corporation Directory of New York City
  - a modern one in Fort Morgan, CO
  - another in New Orleans, established 1915
Steward & Stevens Iron Works, 9th, corner Montgomery., Philadelphia, PA [?-1905-?]
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)
Structural Glass Corporation, New York [1928-1936-?]
- Formerly Keppler Glass Constructions
- "In 1929 the Structural Glass Corporation introduced several sealed hollow glass blocks, and the Owens-Illinois Glass Company introduced the first pressed glass block in 1932." —Twentieth-Century Building Materials: History and Conservation, §24 Glass Block, by Neumann, Stockbridge and Kaskel.
- "The earliest known company to sell hollow glass blocks was the Structural Glass Corporation, based in New York City. The Structural Glass Corporation grew out of the Keppler Glass Construction Company, which was founded in New York City in 1912 by Frederick L. Keppler. Keppler, born in 1862 in Stutgart, Germany, moved to the United States in the 1880s and worked as an architect in Chicago. In the 1890s, Keppler became a representative of the American Luxfer Prism Company in Germany. When the Luxfer Prism Company began in 1897, it also opened branches abroad, many of which were located in Europe. One of the most successful branches was the Deutsches Luxfer Prismen Syndikat, located in Berlin and directed by Keppler." —Building Walls of Light: The Development of Glass Block and Its Influence on American Architecture in the 1930s, Elizabeth Fagan, 2015.
- "German and French designers had experimented with glass building blocks for several decades before the process of creating sealed, hollow glass blocks that could be used as structural members was perfected by the Structural Glass Corporation and the Owens-Illinois Glass Company in the early 1930s. The new glass-block technology was first used in New York City at architect William Lescaze's landmarked home and studio on East 48th Street between Second and Third Avenues in 1933-34." —The Cottages: A Brief History and Analysis, Andrew Dolkart, 1997.
- "Glass for roof shall be what is known as #13 as manufactured by the Structural Glass Corporation, 101 Park Avenue, New York City, or equal size 6¼" × 10¼" × 1" thick and made of hard pressed flint glass, prismatic type, annealed, free of manganese and internal strains." —Historic Structure Report: Ellis Island · Repairs/Replacements of Roofs, Leaders, and Skylights - Northwest Wing, 1932
- Auction description for 1933 Sweets [or similar] 2-page entry: "Original old architectural vintage catalog STRUCTURAL GLASS CORPORATION. Masonry wall and partitions, windows, floors, ceilings and roofs, sidewalks manufactured. Prism No 13, Tile 25, Hollow Block no. 100, Vacuum Block 200, Solid Brick 400 are pictured. The main building, Sunken Meadows Recreation Center in Long Island, NY is shown. Main office was located at 101 Park Avenue, New York City, NY."
- "March 2, 1936: The following manufacturers and individual designers of glass have accepted the invitation of the Brooklyn Museum to exhibit in the 1936 Exhibition of the American Glass Industries ... Structural Glass Corporation, New York City ..." —American Glass Industries, Brooklyn Museum
Sunburst Prism Light Co., Brooklyn, NY [?-1910-1913-?]

Tice & Jacobs, New York [?-1880-1899-]

Towle Vault Light Co
W. & J. Tiebout Co., New York [?-1905-?]
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)
Timms, Cress & Co., Inc., Portland, OR [1895-present]
Towle Vault Light Co., 481 Driggs Ave., Brooklyn, NY [1894-1896] (Lain's Directory)
- William Towle
- Became Brooklyn Vault Light Co. in 1896 when taken over by Henry Held.
- "The Towle Vault Light Company of New-York City, to manufacture skylights and vault lights; capital, $25.000. Directors—William Towle, Frank Cox of Brooklyn, George Towle of Newark, N.J., William Rye, and David Toal of New-York City." —Newly Incorporated Companies (NY Times, August 8, 1894)
Tucker & Vinton Corporation, New York [?-1902-Present]

United States Glass Co., Pittsburgh, PA [1891-1908-?]
United States Prismatic Light Co., Baltimore, MD [?-1886-1902-?]
- See US patent #342,030 and GB patent #6,991
- Incorporated February 10, 1886 with capital stock valued at $100,000 according to Maryland House and Senate Documents: Sessional, dated 1900
- Formed by Louis Nelke?
- See Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois for 1902
- Apparent defunct by 1911 according to Roland Mulville Smythe's Obsolete American Securities and Corporations
United States Vault Light Co., Inc., 830 E 147th, New York [?-1912-1919-?]
- "Stephan Ufheil, Pres.; Emily Ufheil, Sec. Capital, $1,000. Directors: Fred F. Baum, Emily & Steph. Ufheil. 830 E 147th" R. L. Polk & Co.'s ... Trow New York Copartnership and Corporation Directory, Boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx, 1919
- Mentioned in Court of Appeals, 1912
- "Mechanics' Liens ... United States Vault Light and Construction Co. against Riverdale Realty Co., owner; Henry C. Smith, contractor — $60 ... against Fred F. Brueck, Samuel H. Wilson, William H. Clegg, and Richard Cole, owners; Henry C. Smith, contractor — $20" —New York Times, Aug 2, 1913
- Listed in White-Orr's Reference Register for 1918-19
- Telephone Melrose 1858
United States Vault Light Construction Co., 830 E 147th, New York [?-1915-1919-?]
- See United States Vault Light Co., Inc
- Steph Ufheil and Peter Serlinger
- 1915 Trow
- 1919 Trow
Universal Iron Foundry, New York [?-1909-?]
- Exhibited at New York's Permanent Building Exhibit, "Builders' Exchange Building, 29 to 35 West Thirty-second street and 30 to 34 West Thirty-third street, Borough of Manhattan, New York" —Building Age, Volume 31

Van Dorn Iron Works Co., 1793 E. Madison Ave., Cleveland, OH [?-1878-1962-?]
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)
- "Iron Fences especially adapted for Cemeteries, Parks, Factories and Residences. Catalog sent on application. If Cemetery Fence is required ask for catalog No. 64; if for residence No. 48A. ARCHES AND GATES A SPECIALITY." —Park and Cemetery and Landscape Gardening, 1906
- "The Van Dorn Iron Works Co., of Cleveland, has a very interesting idea for that brave new world of the future, attractively presented in a page display advertisement, with art, in one of our more pretentious magazines of business and politics:
  
  "Maybe," says the Van Dorn Iron Works Co., "there's a post-war idea here for you. The largest jail builders in America can help you plan better construction for your post-war products.
  
  "You never expected to find a solution to one of your post-war problems in a jail cell, did you? But there's one here for you if you are looking for new ways of building endurance into your products of the future. Van Dorn has been building jail cells since 1878. Today they're found in leading prisons from Sing Sing to San Quentin and from Winnipeg to Cristobal. Our engineers pioneered the use of tool-resisting steel for jails and have since developed many of the most impregnable metal designs ever produced..." —The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec 31, 1943
- "Van Dorn Iron Works Co. is sub-contractor providing cell and other fabricated sections for the county jail expansion." —Tampa Bay Times, April 21, 1962
- Abandoned
Vault Light Corporation, 154 Nassau, New York [?-1918-1919-?]
- Listed in White-Orr's Reference Register for 1918-19
Vulcan Co., Detroit, MI [?-1905-1916-?]
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)
- Catalog N, 1905
- Standard bronze equipment for mausoleums and memorials, 1909 trade catalog
- "The Vulcan Company, Detroit, Mich., manufacture plain and ornamental iron and steel fences, as well as other architectural iron work, in many designs." —Municipal Journal and Engineer, Volume 30, 1911
- "Lee Clark, Petty Art Studios. The young man in this Petty image is Lee Clark, grandson of Milton Clark and great-grandson of Jeremiah Clark III. He worked with his father, Edwin M. Clark, at their company, Phoenix Ironworks, later called Vulcan Company, in Detroit. Missing Clarkston, they moved the brass, bronze, and copper metal-manufacturing business back to the village in 1915, building the fieldstone structure at Waldon Road and Main Street." —Clarkston - Cara Catallo for the Clarkston Community Historical Society

Wallace Machine & Foundry Co. aka Wallace Foundry & Machine Co., Lafayette, IN [?-1901-1922-?]
- Robert B. Wallace, President/Manager
- 1901: Provided estimates for new City Hall building in Elwood, Indiana
- 1904 Annual Report of the Department of Inspection of Manufacturing and Mercantile Establishments, Laundries, Bakeries, Quarries, Printing Offices and Public Buildings (Google Books)
  - Name of Establishment: Wallace Foundry & Machine Co.
  - Goods Manufactured: Castings and general repairs
  - Number Employed: 40 Males
  - Days Worked in 1902: 300
  - Sanitary Conditions: Good
  - Workmen Organized: No
  - Firm, Member, Combination: No
  - Engine, H.P. Used: 80
  - Kind of Power: Steam
  - Orders Issued and Complied With: —
- 1905-06 Thomas' Register · LIGHTS · "Sidewalk; Vault Floor"
- 1907: "Castings and Structural Irons" · Purdue Exponent, Volume XVIII, Number 99, 8 February 1907
- 1913: Structural steel for Duncan Electric Manufacturing Co · Steel and Iron
- 1922: Name changed to Wallace Foundry & Steel Company
- 1941: Roy W. Wallace obituary
Westing & Hafers' Iron Works, New York

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Youngstown Wire & Iron Co., Youngstown, OH [?-1904-1922-?]
- Sycamore St. & Andrews Ave.
- Listed in the 1905-06 Thomas' Register (reprinted)
- "Structural and Ornamental Iron and Wire Work" —Ohio Architect and Builder, Volume 21, 1913
- "The Youngstown Wire & Iron Co. recently was incorporated with $25,000 capital, by William Weidig, Thomas M. Sosso and others." —Iron Trade Review, Volume 65, 1919
- "The Youngstown Wire & Iron Co. has taken the Wick-Salow-Wells building, Youngstown, 125 tons..." —The Iron Trade Review, Volume 44, 1909
- Listed in 1922's Hospital Purchasing File

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S. J. Creswell Iron Works, 1914 · Ballinger Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia, via Philadelphia Architects and Buildings


Daylight Glass Mfg Co. advertising card


Insert Vault Light Corporation, 1915 Sweet's