Editing Despard, West Virginia (section)

==History==

In July 1901, the Jackson Sheet and Tin Plate Company, capitalized at $300,000, was incorporated by Ingraham Grove of Cleveland; C.C. Moore of Columbus, and T.M. Jackson, C.S. Sands, Fleming Howell and L.S. Hornor of Clarksburg.<ref>"History of Harrison County", by Dorothy Belle Davis; edited by Elizabeth Sloan.</ref><ref>[http://connect-clarksburg.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Bob-n-Along&item=Despard-was-Home-to-Largest-Manufacturing-Enterprise-in-North-Central-WV-in-Early-1900s-1423 ''Despard was Home to Largest Manufacturing Enterprise in North Central WV in Early 1900s''], by Bob Stealey, 19 June 2013, accessed November 2018.</ref>

It was sold (new, never operated) at bankruptcy auction to Pittsburgh partners, James R. Phillips and Ernest T. Weir, and the name was changed to Phillips Sheet & Tinplate Co.. One month after operations began, senior partner J. R. Phillips was killed in a train wreck, when the Pullman sleeper he was resting in on a siding was struck by a passing train. Either the sleeper car had not been completely onto the siding or a load of steel on a passing freight car shifted. Phillips secretary E. T. Weir then took the helm of the company and tinmill became the first Weirton Steel Company.

'''Summit Park''', also called Greektown or especially '''Tinplate''' and '''Tin Plate''', was in the area.<ref>[http://www.wvhcgs.com/codishstory.htm] I KNOW A STORY, by Marye Codish, 2007; accessed November 2018.</ref> It was the community of many immigrant Greeks and other nationalities, who had been recruited to work as tin workers at Weirton Steel Mill. Weirton Steel closed its gates in October 1936. The buildings were then occupied by other manufacturing firms.