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.
Fax Number: Email Address: Located in Gwinnett County, along the southern edge of Lake Lanier, Buford incorporated on August 24, 1872. The original developers of the area, Thomas Garner and Larkin Smith, named the town after Colonel A. S. Buford, the president of the railroad that ran from Atlanta to Charlotte, NC.