In the glass industry hydrogen is used as a protective atmosphere for making flat glass sheets. In the electronics industry it is used as a flushing gas during the manufacture of silicon chips. The low density of hydrogen made it a natural choice for one of its first practical uses â filling balloons and airships.
Email Address: cblavkshearga@accessatc.net. Blackshear, the county seat of Pierce County, honors General David Blackshear, the commander who led the troops that constructed Blackshear Road, a route between Hartford and the Flint River in the early 1800s. The Marion Anderson Library Black Heritage Collection in Blackshear contains about 300 volumes and oil paintings addressing black heritage.
Former Union soldiers founded Fitzgerald, the county seat of Ben Hill County. The city incorporated on December 2, 1896. The courthouse in Ben Hill County, constructed in 1909, is listed under the National Register of Historic Places. East Central Technical Institute, a member of Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education, makes Fitzgerald its home.