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  • Thumbnail for Martinsburg Mining, Manufacturing & Improvement Co. Historic District
    Martinsburg Mining, Manufacturing & Improvement Co. Historic District is a national historic district located at Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia...
    3 KB (184 words) - 00:36, 8 August 2023
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    East Bernstadt, Kentucky, and Gruetli-Laager, Tennessee. The coal mining and manufacturing boom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries brought large numbers...
    137 KB (14,802 words) - 10:05, 21 July 2024
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    Abell-Kilbourn House (category Buildings and structures in Martinsburg, West Virginia)
    same year. The surrounding lands were associated with the Martinsburg Mining, Manufacturing and Improvement Company. The electric street railway ran to...
    4 KB (483 words) - 17:03, 29 May 2022
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    Boomtown Historic District (category Historic districts in Martinsburg, West Virginia)
    greatest building activity took place after 1891, when the Martinsburg Mining and Manufacturing Company developed the area in conjunction with the opening...
    3 KB (243 words) - 21:22, 5 August 2023
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    Martinsburg Mining, Manufacturing & Improvement Co. Historic District...
    49 KB (310 words) - 21:07, 28 April 2024
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    area. Huntington in the southwest is close to Ohio and Kentucky, while Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry in the eastern panhandle region are considered part...
    184 KB (18,121 words) - 17:56, 19 July 2024
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    northwestern fringes of the Washington metropolitan area. The Charles Town Mining, Manufacturing, and Improvement Company played an instrumental role in creating...
    18 KB (1,837 words) - 03:50, 30 June 2024
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    workers began to organize and participate in walkouts after wage cuts in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The national economy had lagged since the Panic of 1873...
    100 KB (10,536 words) - 20:19, 13 July 2024
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    riots later dubbed Great Railroad Strike. Initial protests broke out in Martinsburg, West Virginia, after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) cut workers'...
    39 KB (4,639 words) - 19:12, 29 March 2024
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    Great Railroad Strike of 1877, which began with strikes in neighboring Martinsburg, West Virginia, then others in Maryland, including the headquarters of...
    22 KB (2,089 words) - 10:44, 13 June 2024
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    following WWII. Heavy manufacturing declined in Baltimore. In Maryland's four westernmost counties, industrial, railroad, and coal mining jobs declined. On...
    216 KB (18,722 words) - 15:27, 21 July 2024
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    criticized in 2013 for agreeing to an interview with The Journal in Martinsburg, West Virginia, but demanding that he not be asked any questions about...
    233 KB (18,139 words) - 22:12, 21 July 2024
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    development. Sussex County's industrial and manufacturing base is no longer towards heavy industry and mining. Today, companies like Thorlabs, are located...
    155 KB (16,046 words) - 21:21, 18 June 2024
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    Railroad cut its employees' wages by 10 percent. On July 16, trainmen in Martinsburg, West Virginia, were the first to take action, uncoupling a cattle train...
    42 KB (5,858 words) - 11:48, 7 December 2023
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    relatively uniform size and shape for each grain. It is used for the manufacture of glass, for filter and molding sand, and for abrasives. Its purity...
    6 KB (547 words) - 19:44, 20 July 2024
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    Great Railroad Strike of 1877. The Great Strike began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, in response to the cutting of wages for the second time...
    103 KB (12,718 words) - 20:36, 2 July 2024
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    incorporation charter on May 10, 1902. This company engaged in the mining, preparation, manufacturing, and distribution of sand and other extracted minerals. On...
    29 KB (2,649 words) - 18:22, 25 December 2023
  • N&W 1877 1882 Norfolk and Western Railroad New River Railroad, Mining and Manufacturing Company N&W 1873 1877 New River Railroad New River, Holston and...
    32 KB (343 words) - 19:54, 29 June 2024
  • Huntington Charleston Montgomery Thurmond Prince Hinton Martinsburg Alderson Duffields White Sulphur Springs Harpers Ferry...
    31 KB (246 words) - 19:54, 29 June 2024
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    as "exaggerated", but by 10:30 AM he had received confirmation from Martinsburg, Virginia, the next station west of Harpers Ferry. No westbound trains...
    115 KB (13,160 words) - 11:58, 14 July 2024
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