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Schuylkill Navigation Company (20)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pc6xr4 (corporateBody)

The Schuylkill Navigation Company constructed a canal along the Schuylkill River from Philadelphia to the anthracite coal field near Pottsville in 1815-1825. The Schuylkill Navigation Company was incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania on March 8, 1815, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Schuylkill River above tide. The method adopted was to build a series of dams to create slackwater pools which were connected by canals and locks. The Sc...

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Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company (40)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k11vtx (corporateBody)

The surge of investment that filled the Anthracite region of northeastern Pennsylvania in the mid-1700s did not reach the Lehigh Valley until 1791 when coal was found near Summit Hill, west of Mauch Chunk, leading to the formation of the Lehigh Coal Mines Company. Coal was floated downriver on wooden rafts known as arks, which were dismantled and sold as lumber upon arrival. Flooding, shallow water and swift currents created financial problems for the company until Josiah White, familiar with...

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Matson Navigation Company (18)

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Oregon Railway and Navigation Company (36)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66q5xpz (corporateBody)

Incorporated in 1879, the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company carried agricultural and mining freight on two mail lines; Portland to Huntington, Oregon and Pendleton, Oregon to Winona, Washington. By 1890 it owned over 642 miles of track, but in 1896 it was sold to the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company.

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Rivanna Navigation Company (16)

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Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. (20)

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Northern Navigation Company (8)

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Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company (14)

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Northern Navigation Company (Collingwood, Ont.) (11)

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New England Navigation Company (8)

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