PAZ Super Sites

Parkersburg Steel Yard (Parkersburg, Wood County, WV)

CIty Limits: Yes

County: Wood

Latitude: 39.2884

Longitude: -81.5593

Industrial Park: No

Zoning: Yes

Covenants: No

Industry Concentration Designation: WV Polymer Alliance Zone

Flood Hazard Zone: No

Land Size

Total Acres: 60 AC

Developable Acres: 46 AC

Will owner subdivide property: Negotiable

Acreage range that owner will subdivide property: Negotiable

Property for lease/sale: Negotiable

Building Size: NA

Transportation

Interstate/4-Lane Highway: 2.5 MILES to US 50 & 7.5 MILES to I-77

Commercial Airport: 10 MILES to MOV Regional Airport

Rail: Yes

Served by: CSX Mainline

Spur: No

Navigable River: Yes

Access: Ohio River

Mooring Cells: Yes

Utilities

Electricity: Yes

Electric Utility Name: Mon Power

Proximity to Power Line: 7.2kV/12.47kV: On-site ; 23kV: 1,500 FT from site; 138kV: 1,500 FT from site

Transmission Voltage: Single Circuit-Medium Voltage (7.2kV/12.47kV): On-site; Single Circuit-Medium Voltage (23kV): 1,500 FT from site; Dual Circuit-High Voltage (138kV): 1,500 FT from site

Phase: 3

Distance to substation: 3,200 FT

Available Capacity (MW): 2 MW (current circuit capacity) - Available Capacity (Available Transfer Capability/ATC) is >

Gas: Yes

Gas Utility Name: Hope Gas

Size of Gas Main: 2 IN (plastic)

Proximity to Primary Gas Main: 0.28 MILES

Gas Pressure: Medium (60 PSI-MAOP)

Gas Pressure (Second Main)

Size of Second Gas Main: 6 IN (steel)

Proximity to Second Gas Main: 0.30 MILES

Gas Pressure (Second Main): Medium (60 PSI-MAOP)

Water: Yes

Water Utility Name: Parkersburg Utility Board

Proximity to Water Main: On-site

Size of Water Main: 14 IN

Excess Capacity of Treatment Plant: 1,677,600 GPD

Sewer: Yes

Sewer Utility Name: Parkersburg Utility Board

Proximity to Sewer Main: 100 FT

Size of Sewer Main: 16 IN

Excess Capacity of Sewer Treatment Plant: 86,400 GPD

Telecom: Yes

Telecom Utility Name: Optimum & Miller Communications

Broadband: CityNet, Optimum & CAS

Broadband (Fiber): No (CityNet is 5,280 FT)
Broadband (Cable): Yes (Optimum & CAS)
Broadband (DSL): Yes (Frontier)

Quick Facts

The history of the Parkersburg Steel Yard site, now vacant, dates to the origins of the Parkersburg Steel Company, later doing business as Dover Parkersburg, a prominent manufacturer of stamped tinware, metalware, and steel items under the ownership of the Louis Berkman LLC.
The plant operated as the Parkersburg Steel Company, producing stamped and pieced tinware. In March 1953, it acquired additional stamped tinware business and equipment from NESCO (National Enameling and Stamping Company) to expand its production capacity in Parkersburg. The facility and company became affiliated with industrialist Louis Berkman’s network of steel and manufacturing holdings, which included Follansbee Steel. Over the decades, the plant was known as Dover Parkersburg, producing various galvanized and blue steel items
The Parkersburg-based corporate entity underwent structural changes, including a 1986 merger filing merging Follansbee Steel Corporation into the Parkersburg Steel Company.
Under the Dover Parkersburg name, the facility continued structural steel fabrication, skirting, and metalware production into the 2000s before experiencing major workforce reductions and closures heading toward 2010.
The Parkersburg Steel Yard site has been cleared, is level, and prime for industrial uses.
Ohio River barge cells and unloading platform remain onsite.
The site has a Phase 1 and Phase 2 ESA.
The strategic advantage of this park is the abundant and inexpensive natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs) from the Marcellus and Utica shale reserves.
Centrally-located in a regional hub for heavy metals, chemicals, and polymer industries, large consumer population, and highly skilled labor pool.

Contact Information

WOOD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Lindsey Piersol, Executive Director
(304) 422-5650
lindsey@developwoodcountywv.com