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Image ID: 264
Title:Plan of the glass melting furnace in the Bryn Athyn glass factory
Source:Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn Archives, Bryn Athyn, PA
Date:Unknown
Medium:Copy of drawing
Description: The glass factory was built in the early 1920s on ground only a few hundred yards from Bryn Athyn Cathedral. It was in continuous operation from July of 1922 to April of 1942. The building was torn down in 1952.