Huntington Touts Armor Plant Site in Bid for $11 Million Plant
Huntington West Virginia leads an earnest campaign to attract the U S government armor plate plant, one of 23 sites under consideration. Local business leaders meet lawmakers, inspect facilities, and argue Huntington offers superior rail access and industrial advantages to win the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brooks Smith
Washington
Huntington
Dan A. Masstian
Hubert Fitzpatrick
Tuntington
H. C. Woodyard
Woodyard
Edward Cooper
Switzer
Ironton
Ohio
General Board
Daniels 13
Chilton
Charleston
Wuntington
John W. Davis
West Virginia
Neely
Moundsville
Major Neely
Daniels
Wantington
Flintington
Corn Remedy Ad: Freeze A Placebo Shoe Relief
An advertisement touts an electric shock to relieve corn pain and promotes a freeze solution from a drugstore. It claims drops applied to a tender corn stop soreness and shrink the corn, removing it with no skin irritation or flame.
Huntington bid for great plant hinges on coal and ore routes
Local boosters urge locating the government plant in Huntington arguing its proximity to coking coal from Ashland and Trenton, direct rail links to the Great Lakes ports, abundant natural gas, and short ore haul from Sandusky and Toledo. They stress favorable funding prospects and aim to win Ohio and Michigan support to outpace 23 proposed sites.
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Tidewater
Great Lake Ports
Fromm
Huntington
Unites
Ashland
Trenton
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore
Oho
Norfolk and Western
Clinchfield
Seaboard
Lakes
Sandusky
Toledo
General Board
West Virginia
Buckeye
Michigan
Huntingtonians
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