Records, 1872-1979.
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New Jersey Railway Company.
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Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
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North Pennsylvania Railroad Company
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The Philadelphia, Easton and Water-Gap Railroad Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania on April 6, 1852, and renamed the North Pennsylvania Railroad Company on October 3, 1853. The company's object was to link Philadelphia with northeastern Pennsylvania and central and western New York, but it was only able to construct a line as far as Bethlehem (1853-1857) with a branch to Doylestown (1856), relying on connections with the Lehigh Valley Railroad at Bethlehem. As it o...
Ewing and Trenton Railroad Company.
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Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad Company
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The Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad Company was incorporated in New Jersey on May 12, 1874, for the purpose of forming a second railroad route between the cities of New York and Philadelphia. The Delaware & Bound Brook was a successor to the National Railway project of 1868-1875. In 1831 the Camden & Amboy Railroad & Transportation Company was granted the exclusive right to operate a railroad across New Jersey between new York and Philadelphia. This monopol...
East Trenton Railroad Company
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Mercer and Somerset Railroad Company.
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National Company.
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Central Railroad Company of New Jersey.
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Knight, Edward C. (Edward Collings), 1813-1892
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Reading Company
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The Reading Company, chartered in 1871 as the Excelsior Enterprise Company, became the holding company for the system of railroads, canals and coal mines assembled by the predecessor Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company between 1833 and 1896. As a result of anti-trust proceedings, the Reading Company divested itself of its mining subsidiary in 1923 and became an operating company for its rail properties. After bankruptcy in the early 1970s, viable portions of the rail network were conveye...
Hamilton, Henry M. 1831-1907.
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Stanhope Railroad Company.
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Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
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In 1833, the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company (P & R) was established to serve the burgeoning anthracite coal industry and its customers throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The railroad also supported iron making, canal and sea-going transportation, and shipbuilding, establishing itself as a transportation industry giant for over a century. During the American Industrial Revolution, the P & R provided trackage to the most densely industrialized parts...
Yardleyville Connecting Railroad Company.
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