Jim Jones, Made in West Chester: The History of Industry
in West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1867 to 1945 (West Chester,
PA: 2003), 111.
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| List of Abbreviations | p3 |
| List of illustrations | p4 |
| Foreword | p7 |
| 1. The Preconditions for Industry in West Chester | p9 |
| 2. Hoopes Brothers & Thomas Nursery (1853-1948) | p15 |
| 3. Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Wheel Works (1867-1972) | p23 |
| 4. The Sharples Separator Works (1881-1933) | p31 |
| 5. Social Change in Industrial West Chester | p37 |
| 6. Secondary Industrialization in West Chester | p51 |
| 7. After The Depression | p65 |
| 8. Conclusion | p73 |
| Notes | p77 |
| Bibliography | p107 |
| List of Interviews | p111 |
"Growth of West Chester and Chester County Population in the 19th century" (page 39)
| Date | Chester County Population | West Chester
Population | West Chester Gain | West Chester's
share of the County Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 32,093 | 374 | n/a | 1.17 |
| 1810 | 39,596 | 471 | 97 | 1.19 |
| 1820 | 44,451 | 553 | 82 | 1.24 |
| 1830 | 50,910 | 1,244 | 691 | 2.44 |
| 1840 | 57,515 | 2,152 | 908 | 3.74 |
| 1850 | 66,438 | 3,172 | 1,020 | 4.77 |
| 1860 | 74,578 | 4,757 | 1,585 | 6.38 |
| 1870 | 77,802 | 5,630 | 873 | 7.24 |
| 1880 | 83,475 | 7,046 | 1,416 | 8.44 |
| 1890 | 89,377 | 8,028 | 982 | 8.98 |
| 1900 | 95,695 | 9,524 | 1,496 | 9.95 |