1910's East Liverpool, OH Operated a number of plants in East Liverpool. In 1913, these plants were shut down and operations moved to a new 21-kiln plant in Parkersburg, WV. American Hard Rubber Co. 1898-1930's College Point (New York City), NY The original company was founded in 185...
State website:www.wv.gov Population Residents:West Virginians Resident population:1,764,786 (40th largest state, 2023) 10 largest cities (2023):Charleston, 46,692; Huntington, 45,074; Morgantown, 29,339; Parkersburg, 28,978; Wheeling, 25,924; Martinsburg, 18,988; Weirton, 18,279; Fairmon...
P. P. Inc. - Porcelain Products Inc.; 1927-1956 (Parkersburg, WV)R. T. & S. Co. - R. Thomas & Sons Co.; 1884-1927 (East Liverpool, OH)S & S - Smith & Stone, Ltd; 1920-?? (Georgetown, Ontario, Canada)T or T in a circular impression - R. Thomas & Sons Co.; 1884-...
See Also: Historical biographies of West Virginia Congress members Population Residents: West VirginianResident population: 1,831,102 (38th Largest State, 2016)10 largest cities (2010): Charleston, 51,400; Huntington, 49,138; Parkersburg, 31,492; Wheeling, 28,486; Morgantown, 29,660; Weirton,...
(Advanced Class). Charlie started working in radio in 1960. His first radio job was at WCEF in Parkersburg. He also worked as transmitter engineer for WTAP-TV Ch. 15 in Parkersburg for about three years. He worked with Tom T. Hall, the country singer, at WSPZ Radio in Spencer in the...
The B&O line went from Grafton WV to Wheeling in the 1840s. The Cincinnati and Marietta was built in the late 1850s. The B&O built a line from Grafton to Parkersburg and in 1874. A bridge was built between Parkersburg and Belpre, OH. The B&O then built a line from Belpre to just ea...
July 25, 1864: A colony of eight Catholic nuns set out from Washington, D.C., and Frederick, Maryland, for Parkersburg. The sisters, who created a monastery there and named it DeSales Heights, ran a boarding school for young women for 75 years. ...
River, showing two areas of the Shell plant in flames – at right, where the initial explosion occurred, and tank storage area, to the left, where projectiles from the first explosion caused several tanks there to ignite & leak. (Source: Mackey’s Antiques & Clock Repair, Parkersburg, WV)...
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) is one of the oldest railroads in the United States, with an original line from the port of Baltimore, Maryland west to the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia and Parkersburg, West Virginia. It is now part of the CSX network, and includes the ...