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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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1976 Latest Record
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Canal Progress; Laborer Numbers

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.— There are one hundred and two miles of the Canal let out, under an obligation, on the part of a selected body of contractors, to finish it by the first day of […]
February 7, 1833
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June 14, 2026

Act to Amend Shenandoah Toll-Bridge Incorporation

AN ACTTo amend an act to incorporate a company to construct a toll-bridge across the Shenandoah River, passed Jan. 17, 1829.(Passed Feb. 18, 1833) Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That it shall be lawful […]
March 28, 1833
June 14, 2026
June 14, 2026

On the Reduction of Armory Wages

REDUCTION OF WAGES.We learn, with much regret, that peremptory orders have been received from the War Department, to reduce the wages of the artiz[s]ans employed in the Armory at Harpers-Ferry, twenty per cent.. This is a […]
May 23, 1833
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June 14, 2026

Chenoweth, Shop struck by lightning.

The shop of Mr. JAMES B. CHENOWETH, of Bolivar, was struck by lightning, on Sunday afternoon last. The most of the weather-boarding at one end was taken off, several pieces of the frame split to pieces, […]
June 6, 1833
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June 14, 2026

Curtailing of Wages of National Armories

FOR THE FREE PRESSThe Curtailing of the Mechanics’ Wages at Harpers-Ferry. The proposed reduction of the prices at their place, is a subject that has enlisted the deepest solicitude of every member of our highly respectable […]
June 20, 1833
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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
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