Welcome to the Hemingray.net your on-line Museum for all things Hemingray. On this site you will find info. and hundreds of photos of glassware made by Hemingray Glass Co. Hemingray is well known for being the largest manufacture of glass insulators. This site is focused on the other lesser known items they made. You will find some info. on the insulators here but there are other fantastic sites dedicated to insulators, check out my link section for links.

Brief Overview of key dates for Hemingray Glass Co.

1850's Hemingray started making lightning rod insulators.
1893 on May 2nd 1893 Hemingray is granted the patent for Drip Points.
1922 the first Hemingray 42 was made.
1933 Owens-Illinois buys Hemingray Glass Co.
1937 The 1 Billionth Hemingray glass insulator was made.
1952 Kimble Glass Co. takes over the Hemingray division to produce Kimble power insulators.
1967 The last Hemingray insulator was made.
1972 The Muncie, IN plant closes.
2011 On September 4, 2011 In muncie, IN, Hemingray Glass Co. Site becomes a Historic site. Exactly 123 years after Hemingray moved to Muncie See the video and photos!

Insulator Collectors On the Net [ Join Now | Ring Hub | Random | << Prev | Next >> ]