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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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Meredith vs. Burke, Ore Bank Tenement

Jefferson County, Sct:Jonathan Meredith againstRedman Burke In the County Court, on the complaint of the Plaintiff, that the Defendant unlawfully and against his consent withholds from him the possession of a certain tenement, called the Ore […]
September 19, 1848
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Shipley, Riot Due to Intoxication

While in a fit of intoxication, Robert Shipley, an employee of the Virginia Ore Bank, four miles up the Potomac River from Harper’s Ferry, created a miniature riot on Sunday afternoon. Using a heavy piece of […]
August 18, 1910
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botelersmill
November 8, 2025

Boteler’s Mill: Labor & Cement in 19th-Century Jefferson County

In 1827, the steady rush of the Potomac River gave life to Boteler’s Mill. This thriving cement works helped build the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and anchored industry along the eastern stretch of Jefferson County, WV. Powered by innovation and the hands of immigrant laborers, the mill’s story is one of ambition, hardship, and transformation.
November 8, 2025
October 21, 2025
October 21, 2025

Armory Corresponce Regarding C&O Canal

From the National Intelligencer.Potomac Canal.– We have been favored with a copy of the following correspondence, which we publish with great pleasure, as it presents a view not hitherto taken, of the importance, of the proposed […]
June 26, 1823
October 21, 2025
October 21, 2025

US Purchases 166 Acres at Harpers Ferry

It appears from a Winchester paper, that a canal is cutting at Harper’s Ferry to turn the machinery for manufacturing gun barrels; and that Col. Lear I[?] purchased for the United States 166 acres of land, […]
October 8, 1799
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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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