Pottery Industries in East Liverpool Area Pre-1845


Year
Established
Date of
Changes
Name of Pottery & Their Successors Location (all sites E. Liverpool, OH
unless specified.)
Ware Years in Business
1826   Joseph Wells     c. 1826-1856
1830   Longs Run Pottery N.W. Corner Sec. 15. St. Clair Township Rockingham & Yellowware  
  1852 Sprucevale Pottery ---------"----------- ---------"----------- c.1852-1859
1840   James Bennett S.E. Corner 2nd &
Jefferson Sts.
---------"----------- 1839-1841
  1841 Bennett & Sons ---------"----------- ---------"-----------  
  1844 Thomas Croxall & Brothers ---------"----------- ---------"----------- 1844-1852
  1852 -----plant destroyed by flood-----      
1840   Benjamin Harker Sr. River Road E. of Old
Homer Laughlin Plant
---------"----------- 1840-1846
    Benjamin & George S. Harker-
Etruria Pottery
---------"----------- ---------"-----------  
  1846 Harker, Taylor & Co. ---------"----------- ---------"----------- 1846-1851
  1851 Harker, Thompson & Co ---------"----------- ---------"----------- 1851-1854
  1854 George S. Harker & Co ---------"----------- ---------"----------- 1854-1890
  1879 -----change of product------ ---------"----------- White Granite  
  1890 Harker Pottery Co ---------"----------- Semiporcelain 1890-1972
  1931 -----moved to Chester, WV----      
1842   Salt, Mear, Ogden & Hancock N.E. corner of 2nd &
Washington Sts.
Rockingham & Yellowware 1842-c.1852
/ 1856-c.1860
    Salt & Mear---Mansion House ---------"----------- ---------"----------- ---------"-----------
  1850 Harker & Smith ---------"----------- ---------"----------- 1853-1855
  1857 James Foster & William Garner ---------"----------- ---------"----------- c. 1856-1859
  1863 Croxall & Cartwright ---------"----------- ---------"----------- 1856-1888
  1888 G (J). W. Croxall & Sons ---------"----------- ---------"----------- 1888-1898
  1898 Croxall Pottery Co. ---------"----------- ---------"----------- 1898-1914
  1912 -------business suspended-------      
1844   John Goodwin S.E. corner 2nd & Market Sts. ---------"----------- 1843-1853
/ 1863-1865
  1845 ------change of product-------- ---------"----------- Rock., Yellow & Knobs  
  1853 S & W. Baggott---- Eagle Pottery ---------"----------- Rockingham & Yellowware 1853-c.1897
  1890's ------plant closed--------      
  1902 Mountford & Co. ---------"----------- Stilts,Pins & Spurs 1891-1897