Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chelsea, West Virginia


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Appears that an article on the Chelsea China Company could be feasible. If anyone needs Chelsea, West Virginia, for any reason as a reference let me know. Missvain (talk) 00:03, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Chelsea, West Virginia

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This is kinda a cousin to - both appear only on the 1904 topographic maps, and are gone afterwards. There's less coverage for this one than Blackhorse. This doesn't appear in the regional or county histories I linked in the Blackhorse AFD, and it's not in Kenny's book of WV place names. Searching is a bit difficult due to locations named Chelsea in London, NYC, and Massachusetts, but from what I've turned up, this seems to be related to the six kilns the Chelsea China Company constructed on the southern edge of New Cumberland, West Virginia in the 1880s. I didn't see anything calling this a community, so the current article content is both false in claiming that this is a community site and in using the present tense to refer to this thing, and the kilns don't seem to have significant coverage. Not convinced that this is a notable location. Hog Farm Talk 05:27, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Talk 05:27, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of West Virginia-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Talk 05:27, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

{{divbox|brown|| {{coord|40|29|24|N|80|35|56|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline}}{{sfn|Chelsea USGS}} The Chelsea China Company was formally incorporated in 1889 as a pottery manufacturer and clay mining company, and headquartered in New Cumberland, West Virginia.{{sfn|Walker|1891|p=774}} Its factory at New Cumberland had been built the year before in 1888.{{sfn|Jervis|1897|p=76}} It produced white earthenware from then until 1894,{{sfn|Ketchum|1971|p=135}} when it shut down putting 400 people out of work.{{sfn|CR|1894|p=29}} Its potters' mark on its ironstone china was a star and a crescent moon with the words "CHELSEA WHITE GRANITE".{{sfn|Ketchum|1971|p=135}} The company was bought in 1904 by the Union Potteries Company, which itself had been founded as the Union Co-operative Potteries Company in 1894 in East Liverpool, Ohio.{{sfn|Miner|Bateman|Selby|2001|p=160}} The intent had been to consolidate with a third company at the Chelsea plant, but the same year the plant was destroyed in a fire.{{sfn|Miner|Bateman|Selby|2001|p=160}} In 1919, now owned by the Warwick China Company based in Wheeling two new kilns were built by Carl B. Harrop, engineer, and the company began to produce hotel ware.{{sfn|PGS|1919|p=25}}{{sfn|CPC|1926|p=180}}{{sfn|ACSB|1924|p=23}} The original 1889 incorporation had been initially scheduled to last until 1939;{{sfn|Walker|1891|p=774}} but in 1926 the company finally went into receivership and its plant with kilns was bought by the Cronin China Company for {{currency|46000|usd}} ({{Inflation|US|46000|1926|fmt=eq}}).{{sfn|TCW|1926|p=282}}
 * Interestingly, the here.com data of Bing Maps under the pins retains both Chelsea and Clay, but does not have Blackhorse.  Another difficulty in turning up stuff is the historic district of Sistersville, West Virginia that is also on the Ohio River and bounded by Chelsea Street.  There is almost enough for an article on the subject that you have identified. Uncle G (talk) 09:39, 17 May 2021 (UTC)