Marble king was started in 1949 by berry pink and sellers peltier in st.
Marble king factory.
It was moved to paden city west virginia in 1958 after a fire destroyed the original plant.
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The machinery was purchased from the alley glass company.
A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size.
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.
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Most commonly they are about 13 mm 1 2 in in diameter but they may range from less than 1 mm 1 30 in to over 8 cm 3 in while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 30 cm 12 in wide marbles can be used for a variety of games called marbles.
Made cat s eye marble and developing the first.
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.
The company has always been a leader in marble production manufacturing the first u s.
Marble king incorporated p o box 195 paden city wv 26159 0195 us 1 3043372264 our marbles have been used to fulfill multiple industrial applications.
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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.