of Ellison Flint Glass Works, Gateshead
c.1775 Domestic table glassware business established on Tyneside.
1851 Company established by George Sowerby
1881 Employs 1,000 persons
1905 Employed 326 persons
1925 Employees - about 350.
1957 Receivers called in
See Also
Sources of Information
- Lost Industries of the Tyne by Alan Morgan, Ken Smith and Tom Yellowley. Published 2013. ISBN 978 1 85795 216 2