NJ Pine Barrens Maritime-Culture-Landscape 1 1 2024

NJ Pinelands National Reserves Glass Works
Prominent glass factories were based in Port Elizabeth, Bridgeton, and Millville
where there was access to sand, woods, and waterways.
Glass factories are know to have existed in the Pine
Barrens, among them were Crowleytown, Bulltown,
Hermann City, Green Bank and Batsto. All were in
operation in the mid 1800s taking advantage of the
Mullica River for the transportation of their glass and
the large amount of wood available for fuel. Most
collectors of early bottles and glass have heard of the
Crowleytown Glass Works which has been credited
with producing the first Mason jar patented in 1856
Sapphire Sugar Bowl
1840 – South Jersey Glass
Metro Museum of Art
By the nineteenth century, glass manufactories had
been established in Pinelands manufacturing towns
like Atco, Barnegat, Clementon, Egg Harbor, Estellville,
and Green Bank
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