Lehigh Valley Railroad Records

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Lehigh Valley Railroad Records

1860-1940

Papers and photographs documenting the Lehigh Valley Railroad.

3.25 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 map-folder)

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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

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The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company on April 21, 1846, the name being changed on Jan. 7, 1853. It was one of the major anthracite railroads and formed a secondary trunk line between Jersey City, N.J., and Buffalo, N.Y. The railroad's original function was to serve as an outlet from the Lehigh Anthracite Region to tidewater by building along the Lehigh River from Mauch Chu...