Research Topic

Limestone Quarries

Limestone quarries were once a prominent industry and the largest employer in Jefferson County, West Virginia, shaping the communities surrounding Harpers Ferry and Bakerton. The industry drew large numbers of working-class laborers whose lives left a lasting impact on the region.

This topic appears in 153 indexed records between 1832 and 1960.
153 Indexed Records
1832 Earliest Record
1960 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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July 20, 2018

Items from Bakerton.

Items From Bakerton. I see through your columns news from other places, and I thought that I would give you some from our little town. Bakerton is growing and is now about a mile long. It […]
July 20, 2018

Lime Company adds Six Kilns at Bakerton

The Washington Building Lime Company has just completed six new patent lime kilns at its plant at Bakerton, this county. There are now 27 of these patent kilns in operation at Bakerton. A considerable addition to […]
July 20, 2018

Interests in Flanagan Quarry Sold To Washington Building Lime

James Flanagan, Mrs. Alice Lee Hopper, Mrs. Laura F. Moler, and Mrs. Mary C. Licklider have sold their interests in the Flanagan limestone quarries near Bakerton to the Washington Building Lime Company.
July 20, 2018

Another Fraud Exposed: Potomac Refining Company

Another Fraud Exposed. The Potomac Refining Company, a concern which has been pecking around an old abandoned limestone quarry on the Maryland side of the Potomac river between Shepherdstown and Harper’s Ferry, has been proclaimed a […]
July 19, 2018

To Rebuild Lime Plant

To Rebuild Lime Plant. That portion of the plant of the Washington Building Lime Company at Bakerton which was destroyed by fire last week is to be immediately rebuilt. The sheds and fixtures of twelve of […]
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Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1890s 50 records
1910s 42 records
1900s 29 records
1930s 10 records
1920s 9 records
1850s 3 records