Parkersburg
Ohio River city
Parkersburg is a city in northwestern West Virginia, located at the confluence of the Ohio and Little Kanawha rivers.
It is the state's fourth-largest city and serves as the seat of Wood County.
The city developed as a river trading post and later grew through oil, gas, and chemical industries.
Midwestern waterway to Mississippi
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- bargesFlat-hulled freight vessels
- riverfrontLand along a river
- floodwallBarrier against rising water
flooding · navigation · boating · kayaking · riverbank · catfish · fishing · watershed
People living somewhere
- neighborhoodsResidential districts of towns
- downtownCentral business district
- localOf this area
- Main StreetTown's central thoroughfare
churches · schools · festivals · volunteerism · civic · small-town · heritage · neighborly
Historic American chemical company
- chemicalsManufactured or isolated substances
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- TeflonNonstick pan coating
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
factory · refinery · plastics · plant · workers · pollution · industrial · Corning
Ohio River
Midwestern waterway to Mississippi
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- bargesFlat-hulled freight vessels
- riverfrontLand along a river
floodwall · flooding · navigation · boating · kayaking · riverbank · catfish · fishing · watershed · tributary
residents
People living somewhere
- neighborhoodsResidential districts of towns
- downtownCentral business district
- localOf this area
Main Street · churches · schools · festivals · volunteerism · civic · small-town · heritage · neighborly · courthouse
DuPont
Historic American chemical company
- chemicalsManufactured or isolated substances
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- TeflonNonstick pan coating
contamination · factory · refinery · plastics · plant · workers · pollution · industrial · Corning · oil
courthouse
Legal proceedings venue
- historic districtProtected area of significance