The History of the Corning Family
Author | : Herbert I. Corning |
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Author | : Herbert I. Corning |
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Author | : Perry F. Nichols |
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Total Pages | : 95 |
Release | : 1970* |
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Author | : Davis Dyer |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 558 |
Release | : 2001-06-21 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0198032315 |
This engrossing history of an extraordinary company, Corning Incorporated, chronicles how one of the oldest business enterprises in the world maintained its place as a global leader in technology for over 150 years. In the nineteenth century, Corning developed colored signal lights for railroads. In the twentieth century, it created Pyrex and color television tubes; today, it is a Fortune 500 company leading the international marketplace in areas such as fiber optics and photonics. If you use the Internet, drive a car, or simply turn on a light, then Corning is a part of your life. The Generations of Corning tells the fascinating stories of its founding family--the Houghtons, the inventors, and the adventures, behind Corning's remarkable achievements--from unexpected discoveries, like the laboratory mishap that led to Corning Ware, to the years of painstaking, often frustrating, research that led to its breakthrough in fiber optics. From 1851 to 1996, five generations of Houghtons made Corning a company that combined a culture of continuous innovation with a sense of loyalty to its employees and their community. Davis Dyer and Daniel Gross show how the critical changes in organization and leadership that accompanied each new generation helped Corning not just survive, but to prosper, and push itself to the cutting edge of materials technology in decade after decade. The Generations of Corning is a classic success story and a triumph of the inventive spirit.
Author | : Charles R. Mitchell |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738513195 |
Lenses for railroad lanterns, cut glass for the White House table, Thomas Edison's first light bulb-the glass for all of these was made in Corning, the glass capital of America, the Crystal City. From 1880 to World War I, newfound wealth sparked a spending and building boom that shaped the city. Corning recaptures the city's gilded age, the boom days when tax-free fortunes could be made-and lost-overnight. Vintage photographs show elephants and buffalo parading down Market Street, the Drake family giving recitals on its home pipe organ, churches and public buildings rising, carriages giving way to motorcars, and huge summer homes springing up on the Finger Lakes.
Author | : R J Cowley Jr |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2019-05-13 |
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ISBN | : 9781797549842 |
The Cowleys of Corning is the history of the clan from County Meath, Ireland that settled in the greater Corning, NY area by 1850, and earlier. Backed up by vigorous genealogical research, the Cowleys of Corning brings to life the stalwart souls who started it all over 170 years ago. Dick Cowley takes us back to life as he knew it. Research into the distant past to brings Dick's antecedents and their families to life. Meet Barney and Julia Cowley. Meet Bernard E. "the Old Gent" and Elizabeth Cowley, and their family. Meet John Cowley and his family. Meet Bryan Cowley and his family. Meet the Other Cowleys. Our account closes with insight into the historical forces at work that tore the Old Gent's family asunder while, against long odds, the children moved on in their lives. Meet and greet the men and women, a part of whose DNA is with us today.
Author | : George Rogers Howell |
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Total Pages | : 1450 |
Release | : 1886 |
Genre | : Albany (N.Y.) |
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Author | : Thomas P. Dimitroff |
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Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 2019-12-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781480884656 |
The Houghton family brought the Industrial Revolution to Corning, New York, with a hot-glass factory and his friend's cut-glass industry. Although his friend's cut-glass industry failed during the first half of the 1900s, the Houghtons built the hot-glass factory into a Fortune 500 company over five generations. Thomas P. Dimitroff traces the history of the Houghton family, glass making in the United States, and life in Corning, New York, in this scholarly book. With the cooperation of Corning Inc. and Houghton family members, the author shares a trove of photographs and draws on his extensive research to give a rich portrayal of the city and the family that played a critical role in its development. The story begins in1635 when John and Ralph Houghton arrived in America from England and takes a decisive turn with the birth of Amory in 1813, who wasn't satisfied being a New England farmer. Deep inside, he was an entrepreneur - although he struggled in his early attempts. Discover the rich history of Corning Inc., and the amazing family that contributed to life-changing glassmaking developments in America and throughout the world.
Author | : Gideon Tibbetts Ridlon |
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Total Pages | : 708 |
Release | : 1926 |
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Author | : Thomas P. Dimitroff |
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Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 2019-12-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781480884663 |
The Houghton family brought the Industrial Revolution to Corning, New York, with a hot-glass factory and his friend's cut-glass industry. Although his friend's cut-glass industry failed during the first half of the 1900s, the Houghtons built the hot-glass factory into a Fortune 500 company over five generations. Thomas P. Dimitroff traces the history of the Houghton family, glass making in the United States, and life in Corning, New York, in this scholarly book. With the cooperation of Corning Inc. and Houghton family members, the author shares a trove of photographs and draws on his extensive research to give a rich portrayal of the city and the family that played a critical role in its development. The story begins in1635 when John and Ralph Houghton arrived in America from England and takes a decisive turn with the birth of Amory in 1813, who wasn't satisfied being a New England farmer. Deep inside, he was an entrepreneur - although he struggled in his early attempts. Discover the rich history of Corning Inc., and the amazing family that contributed to life-changing glassmaking developments in America and throughout the world.
Author | : Donald Angelo Carapella Jr. |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2010-01-18 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1439623465 |
In the 1830s, when a feeder branch of the Erie Canal linked up with the Cheumung River, Corning first became connected to the rest of the world. By the 1880s, Corning had become a railroad town with trains going in all directions. Industrial growth in the 1890s led to the rise of businesses and factories, such as Corning Glass Works. Because Corning produced so much glass, it became known as the crystal city and grew into a tourist destination. A town with many accomplishments, Corning was once home to a minor-league baseball team and is the birthplace of Margaret Sanger, a birth control activist who founded the American Birth Control League, which became Planned Parenthood. From the 1890s until the 1960s, the growth of the community's businesses, parks, churches, and recreation were captured in postcards, many never published before.