Research Topic

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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September 12, 2025
September 12, 2025

Flanagan; Knott ask Canal Board Not to Raise Limestone Tolls

PROCEEDINGSof theCHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL COMPANY. […] Mr. J. P. Ingle presented a memorial from Easby & Hanly, and one from James Flanagan and Samuel Knott, asking that the rate of tolls for the transportation of […]
May 8, 1841
June 27, 2025
June 27, 2025

Quarrying for the Canal Company

Nothing escapes the vigilant eye of our friend WERNWAG, the celebrated bridge builder. We found him, the other day, on the mountain side, four hundred feet above the river at Harpers-Ferry, engaged in a most superb […]
April 19, 1832
June 27, 2025
June 27, 2025

Limestone In The Valley of VA

MESSRS. GALLAHER:– The following facts with regard to the limestone of this section of the Valley o’ Virginia, deduced from Professor Wm. B. Rogers’ Report of the progress of the Geological Survey of the State of […]
June 20, 1839
June 27, 2025
June 27, 2025

Lime Boat Burned In Canal

Lime-Boat Burned.A lime-boat belonging to Mr. CALLEN, was burned in the Canal near this place, a few days since, while on its way to market with a heavy cargo of lime. The fire occurred from a […]
July 1, 1854
May 30, 2025
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May 30, 2025

Washington Building Lime Co. Trademark Registration

February 22, 1898
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Time Period Concentration

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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