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Corning, city, Steuben county, south-central New York, U.S. It lies on the Chemung River, near the Pennsylvania border, 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Elmira. Settled in 1789, it was named in 1837 for Erastus Corning, promoter of a railroad connecting Pennsylvania coal mines with the Chemung Canal. Corning Incorporated (formerly Corning Glass Works), the city’s chief industry, originated in 1868 as the Brooklyn Flint Glass Works and produces flat glass, bulbs, tubing, fibre optics,...

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