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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
Bakerton Strongest Location
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December 20, 2025
December 20, 2025

Lime Demands Slow.

Martinsburg.– Slackening in the demand for lime at war time prices has resulted in a serious slow down of work at the Bakerton plant of the Washington Building Lime Co. The latter part of the week […]
February 27, 1919
December 20, 2025
December 20, 2025

Bakerton Labs; Destroyed by Fire

Two small buildings housing the laboratories of the Washington Building Lime Co., at Bakerton were destroyed by fire last Saturday morning.
April 14, 1932
December 17, 2025
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December 17, 2025

Washington Building Lime Check

667.38April 6, 1905At SightPay to the order of Citizens Nat. Bank Frederick Six hundred and sixty seven 38/100 Dollars Value received and charge to account of The Washington Building Lime CompanyJ H Baker, Treasurer To N. […]
April 6, 1905
December 16, 2025
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December 16, 2025

Price of Lime, Brunswick Business Men Assoc.

THE BUSINESS MEN’S ASSOCIATION, OF BRUNSWICK, MD. WM. L. GROSS,President. G. H. HOGAN,Secretary. Brunswick, Md., October. 18. 17,. 190 Mr. W. S. Adams,Lander, Md. My Dear Mr. Clint:;,I am returning you Mr. Fawleys, check which you […]
October 18, 1917
December 16, 2025
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December 16, 2025

Standard Lime & Stone Receipt; W.L. Gross.

Buckeystown Office of The Standard Lime & Stone Co.Office at Equitable Building, Baltimore, Md. Telegraph Office, Frederick, Md.Telephone Connections Buckeystown, Frederick County, Md. July 6-1912 Mr. W. L. GrossBrunswick, Md. Dear SirWe thank you very much […]
July 6, 1912
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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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