Marble King Factory

First avenue po box 195 paden city wv 26159 the gift shop is seasonal and closed during the winter months.

Marble king factory.

The company has always been a leader in marble production manufacturing the first u s. In addition to having headers labeled with the company name marble king also produced advertising packaging for beverage distributors such as pal ade and various other. Marble king was started in 1949 by berry pink and sellers peltier in st. Established in the late 1940 s marble king marbles are highly recognized and respected worldwide.

It was moved to paden city west virginia in 1958 after a fire destroyed the original plant. The first marble king packaging involved polyvinyl and net mesh bags in which the company distributed marbles by other companies primarily heaton agate and peltier glass. Our online gift shop is always open. Marbles are not only used as toys but they are also used in filtration systems as a mixing aid in spray paint cans and have even been used by nasa in a space balloon for different gauge.

Several of west virginia s marble factories have moved or closed over the years but marble king located in paden city still cranks out nearly a million of these little round balls of glass per day. A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size. The machinery was purchased from the alley glass company. Made cat s eye marble and developing the first.

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