LAST -- Remaining Industry in Harpers Ferry - Harpers Ferry, WV
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N 39° 19.322 W 077° 43.831
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One of many historical markers in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Waymark Code: WM13X5E
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/05/2021
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The plaque says, "The destruction of the armory in 1861, followed by four years of Civil War, devastated Harpers Ferry's economy. Attempts at revitalization included a brewery erected here in 1895.
When West Virginia enacted prohibition in 1914, the brewery converted to a bottling works for sodas and spring water. The 1942 flood destroyed this last remaining industry in Harpers Ferry."