Copper dollar sized token. One side: "Value in exchange for meals, 50 cent Restaurants W.S.C." Second side: "Wheeling Steel Corpn. 50 cent. Portsmouth, WKS".
Sepia tone photo image of where the fifth(5th) bridge over the Scioto River used to be. It was destroyed on March 26, 1913 in the flood and replaced in 1915 by the sixth (6th) bridge which was used until 1997.
"Copy of employment record used by Whitaker-Glessner Company during its ownership and operation of the local steel plant from February 2, 1915 to May 1, 1923, at which time Wheeling Steel Corporation became the owner and operator until June 30, 1946."
Black and white photo image of the Whitaker-Glessner Company in New Boston. From 1902 until 1909 it was known as the Portmouth Steel Company. In 1909 the Whitaker Iron Works, the Laughlin Nail Works and the Portsmouth Steel Company combined to form the Whitaker-Glessner Company. In 1920 Wheeling Steel, La Belle Iron and Whitaker-Glessner became Wheeling Steel Corporation until 1946. (Frank H. Rowe-History of the Iron and Steel Industry in Scioto County, Ohio)
Sepia tone group photo of employees of the Whitaker-Glessner Steel. Some damage, including tear at top and two holes at bottom. Previously attached to a scrapbook.
