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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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B&O Expected Bids On Harpers Ferry Bridge

NEW POTOMAC BRIDGE CONTRACT DUE SOONB. & O. Expected to Ask for Bids on Span at Harpers Ferry Within Week. Special Dispatch to The Star.CHARLES TOWN, W. Va., October 4. — Unofficial but apparently authritative information […]
October 5, 1930
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Virginia Plants Busy As Orders Increase

VIRGINIA PLANTS BUSY AS ORDERS INCREASE.Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., June 26. — Industrial plants, including stone quarries around Millville and Bakerton, as well as the paper board mill at Halltown, have orders that […]
June 26, 1933
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Painter, Engle Quarry Empl., Struck by Train

John W. Painter, an employee of the Engle quarries, near Harpers Ferry, was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train near Bakerton, W. Va. and seriously injured.
October 9, 1913
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Spencer Takes Tavern Business For Radius of 20 miles.

Takes Business of Rivals. Spencer is now doing all the business formerly done by the three hotel bars that flourished for many years in Harpers Ferry, and then some more. Harpers Ferry was never dry before […]
July 20, 1911
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Millville/Bakerton power lines under construction. Charles Town to Martinsburg to commence after completion.

Charlestown, W. Va.— A power line from Charlestown to Shenandoah Junction will be built at an early date by the Winchester and Washington City Railway Company. The power company will run the line from the substation […]
March 1, 1909
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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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