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Brookfield Glass Company was an American glass company based in Brooklyn, New York, from 1864 to c. 1912, and in Old Bridge, New Jersey, from c. 1906 to 1921. it was known for producing industrial glassware such as jars, bottles, and electrical insulators. [1]
CD 152 Brookfield (type made c. 1911-1921). This is the same style of telegraph insulator as those marked “HEMINGRAY NO 40” made by Hemingray Glass Company. The Brookfield Glass Company was officially incorporated in 1898 and (again!) in 1908, although that exact company name may have been used, unofficially, for a considerable time beforehand.
Brookfield Glass Company, established in 1864, made insulators for utility companies. The company had originally been known as Bushwick Glass Works, and was located in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, New York. The company maintained several offices in Manhattan, and eventually operated a glass plant in Old Bridge, New Jersey as well.
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Boston Bottle Works Boston, MA (c.1872-1877) Bushwick Glass Works (aka Brookfield Glass Company) Brooklyn, NY (c.1864-c.1912) Old Bridge, NJ (c.1906-1921) This manufacturer made insulators marked W. BROOKFIELD, BROOKFIELD, B, as well as many others with markings of the end user company, such as A T & T.
1844-1903. William Brookfield was the founder of the Brookfield Glass Company in Brooklyn, New York. He was the inventor of a new and better way of making telegraph insulators by Patent No. 113,393 dated April 4, 1871. He was a director of a New York bank and several insurance companies.
Bridge. William L. Brookfield, in speaking of his father, Henry Morgan Brookfield, president of Brookfield Glass Company, states in a letter dated November 2, 1963: “About this time my father started to melt up old broken glass and throw it in the mix. He used to pay Italians a dollar a day to go out and pick up broken glass.
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The Brookfield Glass Company catalogue of 1912 describes the style number 36 as a deep groove double petticoat insulator which features a slightly larger wire groove (5/8”) than is usually found. The dimensions shown are identical to those of the CD 162.1 STAR signal (see attachment 8 ).
