Records, 1839-1908.

Lehigh Crane Iron Company.

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The Lehigh Crane Iron Company was one of the first companies to succeed in smelting iron with anthracite coal on a commercial scale. The Lehigh Crane Iron Company was chartered on January 10, 1839, under the laws of Pennsylvania. Sponsors were the founders of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, Josiah White and Erskine Hazard, and several of their associates. The LC&N had been experimenting with anthracite smelting since 1823, at first directly and later by off...

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...

Thomas, David, 1794-1882

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David Thomas was born on November 3, 1794, at Tyllwyd, Glamorganshire, Wales. He began working at the Neath Abbey iron works in 1812 and in 1817 was made general superintendent of the Yniscedwyn Iron Works, which was acquired by George Crane in 1820. The two men conducted extensive experiments to use the local anthracite coal to smelt iron, but without success. In 1836 they learned of the hot-blast invented by James B. Neilson in Scotland. Crane received a British patent for hot-bla...

White, Josiah, 1781-1850

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Josiah White was the builder of the first major economically operating canal in North America used to bring coal to Philadelphia from Lehigh as well as an inventor and designer of a school system based on manual labor. From the description of Papers, 1796-1949. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 32198185 Josiah L. White was a partner in the firm Scolley & White. The company performed carpentry and cabinet-work in Newton and later, Ashburnham, Ma. ...

Trotter, Nathan, 1787-1853

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Nathan Trotter was a metal importer. Born in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1787, he was the son of Daniel Trotter and Rebecca Conarroe. He finished school at the age of 16 and went to work for his brother William, a merchant. Another brother, Joseph, was also involved in the business as an assistant. In 1809, the three brothers formed a partnership known as William Trotter & Co. As early as 1804, Nathan was engaged in his own ventures on the side. Following Joseph's departure from the firm in 1812 an...

Empire Steel and Iron Company.

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Crane Iron Company.

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Hazard, Erskine, 1789-1865

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