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Harrison Construction Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania grading the Kanawha Airport site, circa 1945 or 1946, using a Northwest 80-D shovel to load a Euclid 15-ton capacity rear dump truck with shot rock.

1. Harrison Construction Company Operations on Kanawha Airport

IDNO:: 047002
Title:: Harrison Construction Company Operations on Kanawha Airport
Date:: ca. 1945-1946
Description:: Harrison Construction Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania grading the Kanawha Airport site, circa 1945 or 1946, using a Northwest 80-D shovel to load a Euclid 15-ton capacity rear dump truck with shot rock.

2. Parkette Chicken Dinners Restaurant

IDNO:: 046956
Title:: Parkette Chicken Dinners Restaurant
Date:: Undated

3. General Processing Equipment Corporation Plant, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:: 046990
Title:: General Processing Equipment Corporation Plant, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:: Undated

4. General Processing Equipment Corporation Plant, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:: 046991
Title:: General Processing Equipment Corporation Plant, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:: Undated

Finished pieces of pottery sit on shelf in foreground.

5. Man Guides Group of Women on Pottery Wheel, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:: 047606
Title:: Man Guides Group of Women on Pottery Wheel, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:: Undated
Description:: Finished pieces of pottery sit on shelf in foreground.

Company was formed in 1915 by Ernest C. Klipstein and Sons. They first produced sulfur dyes, tear gas, anthraquinone as well as chlorine, caustic, carbon disulfide, and carbon tetrachloride. During World War II time, the company assisted in producing barium nitrate for incendiaries, hexachloroethane for smoke screens, and catalyst for synthetic rubber.

6. Lab Inside Warner Klipstein Chemical Co. Factory, South Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:: 047658
Title:: Lab Inside Warner Klipstein Chemical Co. Factory, South Charleston, W. Va.
Date:: Undated
Description:: Company was formed in 1915 by Ernest C. Klipstein and Sons. They first produced sulfur dyes, tear gas, anthraquinone as well as chlorine, caustic, carbon disulfide, and carbon tetrachloride. During World War II time, the company assisted in producing barium nitrate for incendiaries, hexachloroethane for smoke screens, and catalyst for synthetic rubber.