Corning (city), New York

Corning is a city located in Steuben County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 10,842. It is named for Erastus Corning, an Albany, New York financier and railroad executive who was an investor in the company that developed the community.

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City - Steuben County, New York - United States - 2000 - Erastus Corning - Albany, New York

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The City of Corning is at the western edge of the Town of Corning, from which it was set apart as a village in the 1830s. It was incorporated as a city in 1890.

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The city is the headquarters of Corning Inc., formerly Corning Glass Works, a manufacturer of glass and ceramic products for industrial, scientific and technical uses.

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It is also home to the Corning Museum of Glass, which houses one of the world's most comprehensive collections of glass objects from antiquity to the present. The museum houses the Rakow Library, one of the world's major glass research centers.

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Corning Museum of Glass - Rakow Library

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The city's other major cultural attraction is the Rockwell Museum of Western Art. It contains an important collection of Western American painting and sculpture assembled over the past 40 years by Robert F. and Hertha Rockwell.

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The city has been cited several times by American Style magazine as one of the top arts destinations in the U.S. -- most recently in June 2005.

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Since 1979, Corning Country Club has annually hosted the Corning Classic, a stop on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour.

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1979 - Corning Country Club - Corning Classic - Ladies Professional Golf Association

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