The Central Railroad of New Jersey's 1st 100 Years, 1849-1949: A Historical Survey

Politics & Social Sciences

Lee,James

Anderson, Elaine

Social Sciences

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The Death of a Great Company: Reflections on the Decline and Fall of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company

Business & Money

Parton, W. Julian

Biography & History

History of the North Branch Canal in Pennsylvania's anthracite coal fields. The Canal was an important part of the transportation of coal from Pennsylvania to New York, although it fought a long and frustrating battle against the Susquehanna River and the new technology of the railroads.

Anthracite and Slackwater: The North Branch Canal, 1828-1901

Engineering & Transportation

F. Charles Petrillo

Transportation

History of the North Branch Canal in Pennsylvania's anthracite coal fields. The Canal was an important part of the transportation of coal from Pennsylvania to New York, although it fought a long and frustrating battle against the Susquehanna River and the new technology of the railroads.

Petrillo, F. Charles

Book by Bartholomew, Craig L., Metz, Lance E., Bartholomew, Ann

The Anthracite Iron Industry of the Lehigh Valley

Bartholomew, Craig L.

Metz, Lance E.

Bartholomew, Ann

Economics

For many decades in the 19th century, and into the 20th century, anthracite coal was the fuel of industrial America, consumed by the steam engines that powered factories along the east coast. Even larger quantities went into the making of iron, the raw product of the Industrial Revolution. In many homes, schools, businesses, it was the preferred heating and cooking fuel. How the anthracite got from the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania to the places where it was used is a story of grand-scale entrepreneurship. It is also the story of the Delaware Canal and the Lehigh Navigation, the two waterways that carried the coal to the cities of the Lehigh Valley, to Philadelphia, to New York, and to points beyond and between. They were used until the 1930s. Long before then they had captivated both the artistic and casual photographer. The beauty of the canals and their locks is apparent in many of the photographs in the book. as is the hard work in the faces of the boatman and their families.

Delaware and Lehigh Canals

Josiah White: Quaker Entrepreneur

History

Hansell, Norris

White, Josiah

Americas

Fascinating history of a company that helped the country expand by providing inexpensive, mass-produced bridges. With illustrations on almost every page. 154 pages with footnotes and index.

Without Fitting, Filing, or Chipping: An Illustrated History of the Phoenix Bridge Company

Winpenny, Thomas R.

Memoirs of a Steelworker

Biographies & Memoirs

Kuchta, David

Professionals & Academics

The Death of a Great Company: Reflections on the Decline and Fall of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company

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