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| The Parkesburg Iron Company factory from the northwest |
In 1908, Mr. Horace Beale, Jr., proprietor of the Parkesburg Iron Co. (PICO), expanded the manufacturing capacity of the company when he built this modern plant along First Avenue.
The plant made charcoal iron boiler tubes for steam-powered engines providing jobs for up to 900 people during periods of peak production.
Demand for the tubes dried up in the early 1920's and the plant shut its doors in 1926.
Today the site where the factory once sent is a warehouse, an auto body shop and Parkesburg's borough hall/police station/district court.
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