Colorized Image of the Steel Mill in New Boston Along the Ohio River. The mill was known as Whitaker-Glessner Company from 1909 to 1920 and Wheeling Steel Corporation from 1920 to 1946. For four years after 1946 the name was Portsmouth Steel Corporation.
Black and White Photo image of the Steel Mill and surrounding community in New Boston. The mill was known as the Portsmouth Steel Company from 1902 to 1909 and the Whitaker-Glessner Company from 1909 to 1920. From 1920 to 1946 it was the Wheeling Steel Company.
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".
Black and white photo negative of the Portsmouth Steel Mill in New Boston with N + W cars in front. After the Burgess Steel Mill in Portsmouth burned in 1898, Levi York re-built his business in New Boston. The new plant was sold to Crucible Steel of America in 1900. It was named Portsmouth Steel Company from 1902 to 1909, and Whitaker-Glessner Company from 1909 to 1920. It became Wheeling Steel Corporation until 1946, and later Detroit Steel.
