Thomas Cains
Thomas Cains
American, born England, 1779–1865
Birth placeEngland
ActiveBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Biographyhttp://www.nbmog.org/CainsPage.htmlIn 1812 Cains immigrated to South Boston from the Phoenix Glass Works in Bristol, England to work at the new window glass factory of the Boston Glass Manufactory. Finding the works largely inactive due to the effects of the British blockade, Cains persuaded the owners to let him set up a small six-pot furnace for the production of tableware and other articles in flint glass. This was the first furnace of its kind in New England. For this reason Cains is celebrated as the father of the New England flint glass industry.
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