[grame]

Named after the glass jar guys.

1880 Ball brothers began business as Wooden Jacket Can Company in Buffalo, N.Y.
1884 Glass fruit jars first made.
1885 Zinc caps first made.
1886 Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company was incorporated.
1887 Muncie plant built. Metal operations continued at Buffalo and Bath, N.Y.
1888 First glass products made in Muncie – glass oil cans and lamp chimneys

A bit a a history lesson From ball jars.net.

[Slings and Arrows]

Speaking of Ball jars...