The National Graniteware Society
http://www.graniteware.org/
Collecting Measures
http://www.onlink.net/user/johnell/public_html/
Graniteware Price Guide
http://pages.kovels.com/cgi-bin/inventoryBrowser.fcgi/stores/kovels/graniteware/1.html?catId=graniteware&pageNo=1
Books on Graniteware and Enamelware
http://shop.certiport.com/Shop/Control/fp/scat/10441
A little history of
graniteware.
Two German immigrants
the Niedringhaus
brothers, Frederick
and William arrived in
St. Louis in the
1850s. In 1857, they
began producing
kitchen utensils, at
first by hand and
later by machines that
stamped out utensils
from a single sheet of
metal. Early in 1874,
during a visit to
Germany, William found
a store displaying
utensils coated with a
white material. He
bought the process and
returned to St. Louis
where, on April 10,
the first piece of
graniteware was
produced. It was
coated with ground
granite. They quickly
patented the process
and the history of
Graniteware began. In
1891, the brothers
crossed the
Mississippi looking
for a good place to
relocate their rapidly
growing business and
establish a city. In
1892, they purchased
3,500 acres and began
building. By 1899, the
Niedringhaus stamping
plant was called
NESCO, for National
Enameling and Stamping
Company. It covered
1.25 million square
feet of space on 75
acres of land and had
4,000 employees. It
closed in 1956, when
graniteware could no
longer compete with
aluminum cookware,
Pyrex, Corning Ware,
and stainless steel.
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Smoke.
Smoke (Michael A.) Pfeiffer, RPA
Ozark-St. Francis National Forests
605 West Main Street
Russellville, Arkansas 72801
(479) 968-2354 Ext. 233
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