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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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December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025

Washington Building Lime Company Chartered

The Secreatary of State has granted a charter to the Washington Building Lime Company, of Moler’s P. O., Jefferson county. Its charter is to expire on Sept. 1, 1939. Its capital stock is $500, ten per […]
October 19, 1889
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December 20, 2025

Labor Strike at Engle/Bakerton Work Slows.

The first labor trouble in three years in this county came Thursday of last week, when the entire quarry force of the Southern Limestone Company at Engle quit work. About fifty men are involved. The strike […]
February 13, 1919
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December 20, 2025

Flanagan Takes Over Bakerton Plant

Walter J. Flanagan, who has been manager for the Standard Lime and Stone Co., at Strasburg, Va., for the past nine years, has taken charge of the plant of the Washington Building Lime Company at Bakerton, […]
September 2, 1919
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December 20, 2025

Magnesia Plant in Operation

Operations have been started at the new magnesia plant at Bakerton. The plant has just been completed by the Washington Building Lime Company.
September 14, 1933
December 20, 2025
December 20, 2025

Houser Accepts Timekeeper Position in OH

Mr. W. J. Bryan Houser, of Bakerton, son of Mr. D. R. Houser, has accepted a position as time keeper with the Washington Building Lime Co., at Woodville, Ohio, and is much pleased with that section […]
August 17, 1915
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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
7 records
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