Statements (23)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:company
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gptkbp:acquiredBy |
gptkb:International_Steel_Group
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gptkbp:becameEmployeeOwned |
1984
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gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
|
gptkbp:defunct |
2004
|
gptkbp:founded |
1909
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gptkbp:founder |
gptkb:Ernest_T._Weir
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gptkbp:headquartersLocation |
gptkb:Weirton,_West_Virginia,_United_States
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Weirton Steel
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gptkbp:industry |
gptkb:steel
|
gptkbp:manufacturingFacilities |
gptkb:Weirton,_West_Virginia
|
gptkbp:notableEvent |
filed for bankruptcy in 2003
one of the largest employee-owned companies in the U.S. |
gptkbp:notableProduct |
sheet steel
tin plate |
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees |
over 12,000 (at peak)
|
gptkbp:parentCompany |
gptkb:National_Steel_Corporation_(prior_to_1984)
|
gptkbp:status |
defunct
|
gptkbp:stockExchange |
gptkb:New_York_Stock_Exchange
|
gptkbp:stockSymbol |
WS
|
gptkbp:website |
http://www.weirton.com/
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Mary_Hayward_Weir
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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