cardboard boxes were first produced commercially in 1817 in england. corrugated (also called pleated) paper was patented in england in 1856, used as a liner for tall hats, but corrugated cardboard would not be patented and used as a shipping material until 20 december 1871. the patent was issued to albert jones of new york city, new york for single-sided corrugated cardboard. jones used the corrugated cardboard for wrapping bottles and glass lantern chimneys. the first machine for producing large quantities of corrugated cardboard was built in 1874 by g. smyth, and in the same year oliver long improved upon jones' design by inventing corrugated cardboard with liner sheets on both sides. this was now cardboard as we know it today.