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The Map of Stanger Glassworks
12018-12-07T16:15:28+00:00Sierra Nasoff and Elizabeth McFaddene1c5dcb6fa1f022b1773a0e9632e018efe4ff65b252The map above is what the Stanger Glassworks property looked like in the early days of the factory. The roads in the map did not exist or if they did they did not have the names they have in the map. The names of the roads reflect what they were called in the 1960s or the years leading up to the 1960s, but not during the late 1700s and the early 1800s. This picture is from "The Glassboro Story" by Robert D. Bole and Edward H. Walton Jr., on page 21.plain2018-12-07T16:29:23+00:0039.839308333333,-75.151327777778Sierra Nasoff and Elizabeth McFaddene1c5dcb6fa1f022b1773a0e9632e018efe4ff65b
The seven Stanger brothers can be considered one of the pioneering families of Glassboro, who sought a new life out of Germany. They first came to the United States to work at Wister Glassworks, in Alloway, NJ. After working there, they decided to build their own glassworks in a forest, which is present-day Glassboro. The brothers purchased a plot of land to make their dreams into a reality in 1779. They were all skilled glassblowers, but could not run a business. This lead to their downfall, which forced them to sell the Stanger Glassworks to Colonel Thomas Heston and Thomas Carpenter.
