# clm_4E2FC81F0481

subject: Corning Inc. (/record/corning.md)  
predicate: founded  
value: 1851  
valid_from: 1851-01-01  
valid_to: null  
published: 2018-05-29  
recorded: 2026-11-11  
confidence: 0.60  
status: unverified  
assertable: false (unverified: Unverified: one source that is not primary, or a primary source below confidence 0.7. Asserted once a primary source or a second independent domain confirms it.)  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-11  
cite: AsOf. "Corning Inc. founded: 1851", as of 1851-01-01. Claim clm_4E2FC81F0481, https://asof.is/claim/clm_4E2FC81F0481, accessed 2026-11-13. Source: https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/corning-inc.  
checked: 2026-11-11 · its source page states the value and the date, as read by an AI model  

> Corning traces its beginnings to 1851 when Amory Houghton purchased an interest in Bay State Glass Company of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

What https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/corning-inc says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/corning-inc (secondary, encyclopedia.com, published 2018-05-29)

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