Research notes on steam-navigation on canals.

Ellet, Charles Rivers, 1843-1863

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Ellet was born on June 1, 1843 in Philadelphia, the son of the noted civil engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. He was studying medicine at Georgetown University when the Civil War began. He served as an Army Assistant Surgeon during 1861-62. In the spring of 1862, when his father established the U.S. Ram Fleet, an Army unit of river steamers converted to rams, Charles Rivers Ellet transferred to that organization. Promoted to the rank of colonel later in the year, he commanded the ram Queen of the We...

Fairbairn, William, Sir, 1789-1874

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Chapin, Chester W. (Chester William), 1798-1883

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Elgar, John, 1784-1858

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Inventor. From the description of John Elgar papers, 1826-circa 1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71010035 John Elgar was a Quaker master mechanic employed in the York, Pa., foundry of Phineas Davis, Israel Gartner and James Webb. In 1825 a group of Baltimore capitalists formed a company to navigate the Susquehanna River with steamboats in order to increase the trade of the city. Elgar constructed the steamboat CODORUS for this group and launched it on November 14, 1825. ...

Serapis (Ship)

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Evans, Oliver, 1755-1819

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Born near Newport, Del., Evans received little formal education but taught himself mechanics and mathematics, devoting his life to inventing machines. In 1787 he received a patent from Delaware for a system that automated flour milling; published The Young Mill-Wright & Miller's Guide in 1795; and devoted many years to developing the steam engine, including a steam boat launched in 1805. Evans and his family moved to Philadelphia in 1793 where he remained. From the description of...

Green, Griffin, 1749-1804.

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Sullivan, John L. (John Langdon), 1777-1865

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Massachusetts physician. From the description of Letter to M.S. O'Donnell, 1892 July 16. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54077383 ...

Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815

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Civil engineer, artist, and inventor. From the description of Letter : New York, to Edward P. Livingston, Clermont, [N.Y.], 1814 February 11. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 50631960 Inventor, engineer, and artist. From the description of Papers, 1812-1815. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 50799372 Inventor. From the description of Robert Fulton papers, 1809-1838. (Columbia University In the City of New York). World...

Allegheny Portage Railroad

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The Allegheny Portage Railroad covered a 36 mile stretch up and down the sides of Allegheny Mountain between Johnstown (Cambria Co.) and Hollidaysburg (Blair Co.). Built between 1831 and 1833, the Railroad used a system of inclined planes to link the two lines of the Pennsylvania Canal. The canal boats were pulled by ropes, and later by wire cables (designed by railroad engineer John Roebling). From the description of Papers 1837-1960 (bulk 1837-1850). (Historical Society of W Pennsy...

Morris, Ellwood, 1813?-1872

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Schuylkill Navigation Company

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The Schuylkill Navigation Company constructed a canal along the Schuylkill River from Philadelphia to the anthracite coal field near Pottsville in 1815-1825. From the description of Subscription list for loans, 1824-1824. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86123565 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 ...

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...

Crosland, John M.

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Cist, Jacob, 1782-1825

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Jacob Cist was born on March 13, 1783 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He obtained his education at the Nazareth Boys’ School of the Moravian Church from 1794 to 1797. He lived in Philadelphia until 1808 when he was appointed United States Postmaster, serving that position until his death in 1925. Cist’s interests and skills were diverse and he worked as a merchant in Wilkes-Barre, as the treasurer of Luzerne County in 1816, as a business partner with his father-in-law Judge Matthias ...

Roberts, Solomon W. (Solomon White), 1811-1882

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Solomon Roberts was a Philadelphia Pa. civil engineer who worked primarily in the railroad industry. From the description of Diary and Account book, 1860-1861. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122609704 ...

Blanchard, Thomas, 1788-1864

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Archimedean Propeller Company.

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Delaware and Raritan Canal Company (N.J.)

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The Delaware and Raritan Canal Company operated a lock canal between New Brunswick and Bordentown, N.J., with a navigable feeder from Lambertville, between 1834 and 1932. The canal formed part of an inland water route between New York and Philadelphia. From the description of Regulations and rates of toll, 1856 March 18. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 79891952 ...

Fitch, John, 1743-1798

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Inventor. From the description of John Fitch papers, 1783-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981153 Inventor and steamboat developer. From the description of John Fitch papers, 1764-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454382 Nelson County, Kentucky inventor. From the description of John Fitch : miscellaneous papers, 1782-1814. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49222091 ...

Costill, Stacy.

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Thomson, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1808-1874

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Pennsylvania Railroad official. From the description of J. Edgar Thomson correspondence, 1850 October 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981660 ...

Worthington, Henry Rossiter, 1817-1880

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Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company

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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 ca...

Brown, J. Crosby (James Crosby), 1929-1990.

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James Crosby Brown, Jr., was born in Hartford, Conn., in 1929 and spent most of his life in Philadelphia, where he pursued a career in business. After retiring in 1981, he turned full-time to his life-long avocation of maritime history. Starting around 1984 he began research on the early history of the Schuylkill Navigation Company. During that research he found that shortly after being faced with competition from the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, the Schuylkill Navigation Company offered...