Memories of the Benwood Works of Wheeling Steel

December 12, 2023
12:00pm - 1:00pm

The Benwood Mill, part of Wheeling Steel, could produce pipe faster than any other plant in the system. The employees of that facility were dedicated, intelligent workers in their craft. This book from authors Gary Rider and Roseanna Dakan Keller tells the stories of those employees who helped build the backbone of our American infrastructure, from its early beginnings to the closing of the facility in the early 1980’s. Share in the memories of those Benwood, West Virginia steel men and their families, who lived and breathed the jobs that kept that town alive and thriving.

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PRESENTER BIO:  

Gary Rider is a retired public-school teacher in Marshall County, West Virginia. He is the author and originator of the now 12 volume book series Marshall County Patriots and Heroes and Marshall County Postcard History. Rider is currently employed as a part-time staff member of the Moundsville Public Library.

Roseanna Dakan Keller is retired from Bayer where she was the Human Resources Director. She is now involved in Marshall County Schools as a Foster Grandparent Volunteer at Washington Lands Elementary School and a Patient Volunteer at Valley Hospice.

FEATURED BOOK: Memories of the Benwood Works of Wheeling Steel

The Benwood Mill, part of Wheeling Steel, could produce pipe faster than any other plant in the system. The workers of that facility were dedicated, intelligent workers in their craft.

This book tells the stories of those employees who helped build the backbone of our American infrastructure, from its early beginnings to the closing of the facility in the early 1980’s.

Share in the memories of those Benwood, West Virginia steel men and their families, who lived and breathed the jobs that kept that town alive and thriving.

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