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Industry

Explore the industrial history of Jefferson County, WV and the Harpers Ferry area, including quarries, canals, railroads, manufacturers and the working-class labor that sustained the region.

This topic appears in 333 indexed records between 1799 and 1976.
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1799 Earliest Record
1976 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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Contracts on Winchester-Harpers Ferry RR Line Filled

The Winchester Virginian states that the contracts for the construction of the Rail Road from that place to Harpers-Ferry, have all been taken a prices within the original estimates of the engineer. The work must be […]
November 21, 1833
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June 12, 2026

300k Passengers on RR, Safety Improvements

The Baltimore Gazette states, that “It is now about three years and a half since the travelling on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road was commenced, and more than three hundred thousand passengers have since travelled […]
November 21, 1833
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June 12, 2026

Flour Shipped to Georgetown on Canal

We were highly gratified a few days since in witnessing the passage of a number of boats, heavily laden with flour into our basin, hailing from Harpers-Ferry. —[Georgetown Col.
November 21, 1833
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June 12, 2026

The Value of Lands

From the Richmond EnquirerVALUE OF LANDS.The “Free Press” of Charlestown, Jefferson county, Va., contains the following article: “Jefferson County Land.– Late sales indicate a just estimate of the value of our Lands. The Keyes’ Ferry tract, […]
November 14, 1833
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Canal being filled; Coal along the Potomac

ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 14.Whilst we are writing, the waters of the Potomac above Harpers-Ferry are silently flowing into the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Passing the long contested Point of Rocks into the long finished part to Seneca, […]
October 24, 1833
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Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1890s 83 records
1910s 40 records
1830s 38 records
1900s 37 records
1850s 20 records
1880s 14 records

Frequently Associated Families

These surnames most commonly appear alongside the topic "Industry" across historical collections.

Moler
27 records
Baker
18 records
Houser
13 records
Flanagan
13 records
Knott
12 records
Engle
10 records
Thropp
10 records
Ahl
9 records
Dunn
7 records
Mealey
7 records
Link
7 records
Strider
7 records
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