Journals, 1829-1857 [microform].

Osborne, R. B. (Richard Boyse), 1791-1853.

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Osborne, John H. (John Humfrey), 1818-1894

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Osborne family.

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Graves, Bartholomew

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Vignoles, Charles Blacker, 1793-1875

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Epithet: Creator of Mss Eur D162 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x0003da In 1844 the construction of the Chester and Holyhead Railway was authorised in order to speed up communication between London and Ireland. As a result, Holyhead grew into an important port. Previously, proposals had been made for the railway route to go from Bangor to Porth Dinllaen. For an account of the c...

Robinson, Moncure, 1802-1891

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Moncure Robinson was born in Richmond, Va. He was educated at the College of William and Mary and at the Sorbonne where he studied to be a civil engineer. He was a railroad planner and builder and a railroad and steamboat owner. His most noted project was the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. He retired from engineering work in 1847. From the description of Papers, 1787-1890. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 20269904 ...

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...

Stephenson, Robert, 1803-1859

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Cornwall Railroad Company.

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Steele, J. Dutton (John Dutton), 1810-1886

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Stephenson, George, 1781-1848

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Epithet: Reverend; JP, for county Durham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000155 Inventor and founder of railways. From the description of Autograph agreement signed : Liverpool, 1832 Feb. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574225 ...

Osborne, Richard B. (Richard Boyse), 1815-1899

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Richard Boyse Osborne, a prominent civil engineer and "father of Atlantic City," was born in London on November 3, 1815, and died in Glenside, Pa., on November 28, 1899. Osborne was educated at Bannow and Waterford, Ireland, and at Bath, England. In 1834 he sailed to New York and travelled to Upper Canada via the Erie Canal and Detroit in the company of two relatives, Townsend and George Gahan. Late in 1835 Osborne was in the Chicago area where he helped to lay out sever...

Brown, Shipley & Co.

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Catawissa Railroad Company

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Camden and Atlantic Railroad Company.

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Osborne, Eliza Graves, d. 1896.

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North Lebanon Railroad Company.

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Lyons, M. Evelyn, d. 1864.

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Lebanon Valley Railroad Company

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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...

Waterford and Limerick Railway Company

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Robinson, Wirt, approximately 1807-

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Dauphin and Susquehanna Coal Company

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Wilson, William Hasell, 1811-1902

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William Hasell Wilson was a civil engineer with, and president of, various Pennsylvania railroads. From the description of Papers, 1855-1898 (inclusive), 1855, 1889-1896, 1898 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 151375265 William Hasell Wilson was born in Charleston, S.C., on November 5, 1811, the son of Major John Wilson, an eminent civil and military engineer who designed the fortifications of Charleston during the War of 1812. Th...

Mount Carbon and Port Carbon Rail Road Company.

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Miller, Edward, 1811-1872

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Carr, George, d. 1824.

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Nicolls, G. A. (Gustavus A.), 1817-1886

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Boyse family.

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Manning, Charles P. fl. 1859.

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Gahan, Townsend (Richard Boyse Townsend), d. 1841.

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