View of the Glass works of T. W. Dyott at Kensington on the Delaware nr Philada., Lithograph by Kennedy & Lucas after William L. Breton, 1831. (The Library Company of Philadelphia)
Thomas W. Dyott, Snake Oil, Soda Water and the Perennially Seductive Philadelphia Bottle
By Ken Finkel
The first glass factory in the area, the Philadelphia Glass Works, was founded in 1771 and was located on the property immediately north of the Dyottville Glass Works. Thomas Dyott took it over in the early 1820s and operated until 1838.
As part of the reconfiguring of I-95 along the Delaware archaeologists from the AECOM company excavated the location and have created a website describing their work
Saturday, January 2, 2022, Chapter members visited AECOM’s I-95 Archaeology Center and were treated to a thorough presentation on work at the lab and on material recovered from the excavations along I-95. There are a number of exhibit cases displaying artifacts representing previous houses and factories in the area.
Prominently featured were pieces from the Dyott Glass Works. The glassblowers often created fanciful pieces on their off hours.
https://diggingi95.com/archaeological-sites/dyottville-glass-works-site/
OLIVER EVANS CHAPTER 
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