Possible Origin of the OVG Insulator

Reprinted from "INSULATORS - Crown Jewels of the Wire", November 1974, page 32

The following information was submitted by Jerry Turner, Goshen, Ohio, and copied from BOTTLE MAKERS AND THEIR NAMES by Julian Harrison, printed by Toulouse:

"Another Ohio Valley Glass Co. appeared in 1905 at Pleasant City, Ohio near Cambridge. It was apparently a renaming of the Pleasant City Glass Works whose listing in the 1904 Directory stated that it had one continuous tank with 5 rings, made insulators and battery jars and had as officers: B. L. Kilgour, President, P. S. Reichly, Secretary and Treasurer, and Wm. Cleis, Manager. The 1905 Directory listed OVG Co. as having 5 rings on one tank making insulators and battery jars and with officers: H. E. Cobb, President, H. E. Stephenson, Vice President, W. B. Stein, Secretary, and J. B. Sullivan, Treasurer and Manager. Neither were listed again."