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Paden City Industry: Past, Present and Future

A Look at Paden City Yesterday and Today

In this article about the Past and Present we are taking a look at Paden City, a town divided by a county line at its heart, and held in check by the Ohio River. For the most part the county line has not made much of a difference over the years. But the Ohio River and the passing railroad ...

Message from Paden City Mayor Clyde Hochstrasser

As Mayor of Paden City, along with the members of the city council, we are working diligently to move Paden City forward by cleaning up, and repurposing many former industrial sites, such as Corning Glassworks Property into usable safe space for new business and public use. The Brownfield ...

A Century of Color in Glass

Since 1904, the town of Paden City has been home to one of the finest kilim colored glass operations in the world. That tradition lives on today with a husband-and-wife team, Jason Wilburn, CEO and President along with his wife, Annabelle Javier who is the COO. They explained that it is very ...

Marble King’s Legacy of Determination

Marble King’s operations would be considered small by some, but for three-quarters of a century the company has been producing one product, marbles. A simple sphere of glass that began as a kid’s game. Why was it so popular in its heyday? A game was always possible. In most kid’s ...