Journals 1857-1890.

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Journals 1857-1890.

The records consist of two private journals from the youth of Thomas H. Savery and his son, Thomas H. Savery, Jr.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6738346

Hagley Museum & Library

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Gibbons, William G., 1832-1886.

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Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Altoona Works.

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Savery, Thomas H., 1837-1910.

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Thomas Savery was born on May 31, 1837 in Philadelphia, Pa. After attending the Friends Select School and the Westtown Boarding School in Chester County, he then became apprentice machinist at William Sellers & Company of Philadelphia. After finishing this apprenticeship he was employed as a foreman in the shops of the Columbus, Piqua & Indiana Railroad. He then became superintendent in the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona shops. In 1864 Savery became shop foreman...

Pusey, Jones & Company

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Savery, Thomas H., 1871-1930.

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Pennsylvania Railroad

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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing, caused by the evolution of the interstate highway system and the advancements in air transportation. Originally created by Philadelphia merchants in 1846, it sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Allegheny Mountains to c...

Columbus, Piqua and Indiana Railroad Company.

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Pusey, Joshua L., 1820-1891.

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