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- Allegheny Plate Glass Company Plant, Glassmere, Pennsylvania, August 1923 - Ford Motor Company bought Allegheny Plate Glass Company in 1923. Allegheny's factory, seen here, was near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The purchase expanded Ford's capacity to manufacture window glass for its vehicles. But shipping glass to Detroit proved impractical. Ford opened its own large glass plant at the Rouge, and it sold the Allegheny factory soon afterward.
- August 01, 1923
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Allegheny Plate Glass Company Plant, Glassmere, Pennsylvania, August 1923
Ford Motor Company bought Allegheny Plate Glass Company in 1923. Allegheny's factory, seen here, was near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The purchase expanded Ford's capacity to manufacture window glass for its vehicles. But shipping glass to Detroit proved impractical. Ford opened its own large glass plant at the Rouge, and it sold the Allegheny factory soon afterward.