We do not know exactly the dates of opening and closing for this brewery, but it most likely picked up after Hagener Brewery - WV 25a in Unknown and was succeeded by J. P. Brockhardt & Co. Brewery - WV 25c in 1874. These types of unknowns are usually caused by poor record keeping from periods around Prohibition or other turbulent times. Frank Rodacker Brewery was in an active brewing city. Wheeling, WV was listed as having 10 breweries, which is quite a few. Sometimes a large number of breweries can lead to an active collecting community that will be willing to pay more for breweriana items than other collectors.
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Breweries listed under Wheeling, WV 25 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Brewery ID | Brewery Name | Start Date | End Date |
| WV 25a | Hagener Brewery | 1840 | Unknown |
| WV 25b | Frank Rodacker Brewery | Unknown | Unknown |
| WV 25c | J. P. Brockhardt & Co. Brewery | 1874 | 1875 |
| WV 25d | Brockhardt Bros. Brewery | 1875 | 1877 |
| WV 25e | John Kinghorn & Smith Brewery | 1877 | 1879 |
| WV 25f | Alfred E. Smith Brewery | 1879 | 1891 |
| WV 25g | Smith Brewing Co. | 1891 | 1902 |
Breweries listed under Wheeling, WV | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Brewery ID | Brewery Name | Start Date | End Date |
| WV 23a | P. P. Beck Brewery | 1847 | 1848 |
| WV 24 | Benwood Brewing Co | 1934 | 1934 |
| WV 25a | Hagener Brewery | 1840 | Unknown |
| WV 26 | Kinghorn & Co. Brewery | 1874 | 1875 |
| WV 27 | Henry Knoke Brewery | 1874 | 1875 |
| WV 28a | John Pfarr Brewery | 1854 | Unknown |
| WV 29a | Brewery in Operation bu Name Unknown | 1822 | 1845 |
| WV 30 | Uneeda Brewing Co. | 1903 | 1914 |
| WV 32a | Frederick Ziegler Brewery | 1855 | 1873 |
| WV 33a | Peter & Th. Zimmer Brewery | 1860 | 1875 |