Records, 1686-1958 (bulk 1838-1956).

Virginia Coal and Iron Company

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The Virginia Coal & Iron Company was incorporated on January 6, 1882, and renamed Penn Virginia Corporation on April 19, 1967. VC&I was a typical large southern Appalachian coal and land company founded by members of the Leisenring, Wentz and Kemmerer families. The Leisenrings were among several Pennsylvania anthracite operators who made the transition to bituminous coal. Their first such venture, and VC&I's direct predecessor, was the Connellsville Coke &amp...

Goodwin Gas Stove and Meter Company (Philadelphia, Pa.).

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American Gas Light Association

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Integrity Trust Company (Philadelphia, Pa.).

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Wilmington Coal Gas Company (Del.).

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Pennsylvania Globe Gas Light Company.

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R.D. Wood & Company.

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J.H. Gautier & Company.

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Philadelphia (Pa.). Dept. of Public Works.

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American Gas Association

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Battin, Joseph, 1806?-1893

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Chester Gas Company (Pa.).

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J.S. Morgan & Co.

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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...

Youghiogheny River Coal Company.

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Shield, Fenwick & Company (Newcastle upon Tyne, England).

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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...

Horn, Philip H.

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United Gas Improvement Company

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Wilmington Savings Fund Society.

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Budd, Henry, 1849-1921

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Philadelphia Gas Works

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Glace Bay Mining Company

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Penn Gas Coal Company

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Youghiogheny Gas Coal Company.

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Morris, Tasker & Company

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Westmoreland Coal Company

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Southern Appalachian coal producer, incorporated 1902, active in Lee and Wise counties, Va. Merged into the Westmoreland Coal Company in 1964. From the description of Westmoreland Coal Company collection of the Stonega Coke and Coal Company papers, 1915-1957. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53966093 The Westmoreland Coal Company (Del.) was formed on April 30, 1964, by the merger of the Westmoreland Coal Company (Pa.) and the Stonega Coke & Coal...

Northern Liberties Gas Company.

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The Northern Liberties Gas Company was organized in 1838 and incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania on April 13, 1844. The company provided gas service to the Northern Liberties district and Kensington, forming a broad strip of land between the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers above what was then the northern boundary of the City of Philadelphia (Vine Street). The entire area was annexed by the city in 1854, but the company remained distinct from the municipally owned Philadelphi...