San Francisco Glass Works
History
In 1865 the second successful glass works in California history began. Incorporated in 1865 by former Pacific Glass Works employees Carlton Newman & Patrick Brannan, this glass works initially focussed on flint glass. Known as 'white ware' in the glass trade, this new enterprise began manufacturing clear glass medicine bottles and lamp chimneys in July 1865. The sand used to manufacture this glass was procured from the Santa Cruz and Monterey areas of California knows for sand with extremely pure levels of silica. In 1866 the company began to blow colored glass, but disaster struck in July 1868 when the factory caught fire and burned to the ground. It wasn't until September of 1870 that the San Francisco Glass works were rebuilt. As a result of this fire, Pacific Glass Works was the only company blowing colored bottles between 1866 and 1870.