Perhaps the bottles were broken to retrieve the internal stoppers. There is no evidence to support this theory and no competitor's glass pile has ever been found. We've speculated that perhaps competitors demolished each other's bottles in an attempt to reduce the other's market share. Who would smash hundreds upon hundreds of antique bottles? Well, technically, the bottles may have been smashed before they became antiques, but the question remains who would do such a thing? And why? We've spent some time pondering these questions. You've just spent a moment thinking about the (now famed) Matthew's glass piles. Now imagine that every single bottle is broken. The bottom of every bottle is covered with embossing that includes a patent date of 1864 right on them. They feature thin tube-like blobs with torpedo-shaped sloping shoulders. Upon inspection, the bottles are crude and very old. The mound is so high and wide that you can see it as you approach. Imagine swimming up to a mound of bottles piled up on the bottom of a lake. The Glass Piles by Bob Libbey THE GLASS PILES
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