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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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Power Lines under construction from Millville to Shenandoah Junction. Martinsburg and Bakerton in planning.

The Winchester and Washington City Railway Company has commenced the building of another new power line from its plant along the Shenandoah river at Millville, W. Va., to Shenandoah Junction, where the power will be used […]
February 28, 1909
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Delaney, Marine, Crushed to Death in Quarry

MAN INSTANTLY KILLED.Former U. S. Marine Crushed to Death in a Quarry.Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., December 13.– Thomas Delaney, who was formerly in the United States marine service, was instantly killed shortly […]
December 13, 1904
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May 1, 2024

Rouzee’s estate sues B&O. Fourth member of family killed by railroad.

Railroad Sued for Rouzee’s Death.Special to The Washington Post. Winchester, Va., June 23.— The estate of Walter Rouzee, who was killed by a train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Bakerton, has sued the railroad […]
June 24, 1903
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May 1, 2024

Rouzee, killed by train.

Killed On Railroad Track. Special to The Washington Post. Charleston, W. Va., June 6.— Walter W. Rouzee, an employee in the cooperage shop of the Washington Building Lime Company, at Bakerton, was killed Thursday evening at […]
June 7, 1903
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May 1, 2024

Old Mines Started Up (Ore Bank)

Old Mines Started Up.Special to The Post. Morgantown, W. Va., Sept. 27.– The old Ahl iron mines, along the Potomac River, near Bakerton, Jefferson County, are being worked again. About 700 tons of high-grade ore will […]
September 28, 1899
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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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