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The United States' first glue factory opened in 1899, established by the Milwaukee Tanning Industry.
This date is far too late: U.S. glue manufacture is documented decades earlier, with sources placing the first U.S. glue manufacture in 1808 and a New York glue factory operating by 1821.
Full reasoning
Multiple historical sources contradict the claim that the first U.S. glue factory opened in 1899.
- Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology states: "Elijah Upjohn is considered by some authorities to have been the first to manufacture glue in the United States, in 1808." That alone rules out 1899 as the date of the first U.S. glue manufacture.
- Ringwood Manor's history of Peter Cooper says that in 1821 he purchased an existing glue factory in the Kips Bay area of New York City. If a glue factory already existed in 1821, then 1899 cannot be the date when the first U.S. glue factory opened.
So the article's statement is incorrect because it places the first U.S. glue factory nearly a century too late.
2 sources
- Etherington & Roberts. Dictionary--glue
The practical manufacture of glue can be traced back directly to 1690 in the Netherlands... Elijah Upjohn is considered by some authorities to have been the first to manufacture glue in the United States, in 1808.
- Peter Cooper - Ringwood Manor
Cooper again seized opportunity in 1821 when he was informed of a glue factory for sale in the Kipps Bay area. After inspecting the buildings, he agreed to purchase the business.