Industry

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Industry

This topic appears in 312 indexed records between 1799 and 1976.
312 Indexed Records
1799 Earliest Record
1976 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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May 22, 2020

Ore Bank, Trustee’s Sale

TRUSTEE’S SALEOFORE BANK IN OPERATIONORE RIGHT & RAILROAD SIDINGSaturday December 29, 1894At the Court-house in Charles Town, Jefferson county, West Virginia, at 1 o’clock, P. M. WHEREAS, Thos. W. Ahl by mortgage and deed of trust, […]
May 22, 2020

Ore Bank & Iron Works, Thropp

Joseph E. Thropp, owner of the Virginia ore bank, along the Potomac river east of town, bought two parcels of land, comprising 153 3-4 acres, being a part of the Antietam Iron Works property, on the […]
May 22, 2020

Shenandoah Junction’s Boom.

The boom at Shenandoah Junction, or, as it is to be known in the future, Antietam City, is a go. A representative of the REGISTER visited that place on Tuesday, and from Col. Chas. T. Hood, […]
May 22, 2020

Moler searching for Ore.

Mr. Charles B. Moler has been sinking a number of shafts in his field near the Virginia Ore Bank for the purpose of locating a vein of the iron ore that is so plentiful in that […]
May 22, 2020

Bakerton, 1892 Report

COMMUNICATED.Bakerton, W. Va. February 2, 1892 DEAR EDITOR– As your correspondent, with many others of this community, has been so unfortunate as to have the grippe, you have had no news from this section for some […]
May 22, 2020

B&O Railroad Agreement, Knott, Ore Bank

It is reported that Mr. Ahl, owner of the Virginia ore bank, and the Messrs. Knott, who owns the limestone quarries, have completed arrangement for the construction of a branch railroad from the B. & O. […]
May 22, 2020

Five New Drifts (Ore Bank)

Five new drifts 500 feet deep have been driven in the West Virginia iron-ore bank at Harper’s Ferry, now owned by Edward W. Mealey, of Hagerstown. The lowest drift is 80 feet below the surface. A […]
May 21, 2020

C&O Canal Construction Costs

The distance by the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from the guard lock at Cumberland to tide-water at Georgetown is 184.4 miles. The canal was opened for navigation over the whole route from tidewater […]
December 4, 2019

Molers Cross Road History Reveals Settlers There As Early As 1732 .

[Based on materials by Nellie Hendricks Moler] Delving into old records of early land grants, you will find that tracts of land were taken up in this ection along the Potomac River just as early as […]
December 4, 2019

Dr. John Reynolds Dead

The first operation, probably, that was performed in this section of Virginia with the use of chloroform was by Dr. [John] Reynolds. It was on March 1, 1848 , and the patient was an Irish workman at […]
December 4, 2019

Personal Notes, Shepherdstown Register

Mr. and Mrs. M.S.R. Moler, who for a number of years have lived at Engle Station, this county, where Mr. Moler conducted a store, have moved into their new home, just completed along the Charles Town […]
December 4, 2019

Bakerton Safety News (Vol 2. No. 4)

The Bakerton Safety News Sponsored by The Safety Council, Washington Building Lime Company VOLUME II. BAKERTON, W. VA DECEMBER, 1935 No. 4. [page 1] Superintendent Bakerton Plant Mr. Robert B. Frost, one of the youngest industrial executives […]
September 18, 2018

Hardware, Steel, and File Manufactory Co. Sold

The Hardware, Steel, and File Manufactory Company, located in Weverton, Washington County, Md., was sold at Public Sale, a few days ago, and purchased by Col. CASPER W. WEAVER of that place, for $3,000.
August 10, 2018

Replacing The Ferry

August 10, 2018

The Meeting of Two Railroads

August 10, 2018

Virginia Slave Insurance Company

August 10, 2018

B&O Arrives at Harpers Ferry

August 10, 2018

Canal Reaches Harpers Ferry

Time Periods

Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1890s 83 records
1910s 40 records
1900s 36 records
1850s 20 records
1830s 19 records
1880s 14 records