The West Virginia State Museum at The Culture CenterDiscovery Room 14: Industrialization![]() This exhibit portrays some of the most significant industries in West Virginia history, as identified by the museum's historian advisory group: timber, steel/metalworking, oil, gas, chemical, glass, and pottery. The labels detail processes and skills involved in each, while examining some of the most prominent companies, including Meadow River Lumber, Weirton Steel, Wheeling Corrugating, Kelley Axe, Union Carbide, Libbey-Owens-Ford flat glass factory, Owens-Illinois bottling plants, A.P. Donaghho pottery, and Homer Laughlin pottery. This room features an AV presentation. (AV - Running Time 7:57) Special Thanks! |