View showing the premier glass works in Kensington along the bank of the Delaware River, purchased in the late 1810s by English-born boot black maker and patent medicine dealer Thomas Dyott. Shows several of the buildings, including the factory adorned with the sign "T.W. Dyott's Glass Works," at the complex of the works. Smokestacks adorn all the buildings. Also shows a skiff docked near the factory and another sailing on the river. The works also contained a butcher shop, bakery, and chapel. Originally established as the Kensington Glass Works in 1771 by Towars and Leacock, the Dyottville Glass Works manufactured vials, bottles, flask, demijohns, and "indispensable articles." The factory ceased operations following Dyott's conviction for fraud in 1837 but resumed glass manufacturing in 1842 under the new ownership of Henry Seybert and was active until the end of the century., Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110. Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 24 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of the improvements of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 24., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 801, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.3 a&b and in Am 1831 Mease 68582.D and in Am 1831 Mease Log 4072.D and Am 1831 Mease 20876., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator
Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date
[1831]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W431 [P.9830.3 a&b]
