Acts of Assembly relating to Monongahela Navigation Co.: Notes, 1836-1851.

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Acts of Assembly relating to Monongahela Navigation Co.: Notes, 1836-1851.

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Notebook listing twenty chapter headings which detail acts of the Assembly concerning the establishment and financing of a navigation company to explore/survey the Monongahela River. The laws themselves are not provided. Also handwritten notes on subsequent pages outlines the genealogy of the Arnold Caldwell Reynolds family.

1 item (1 v.); 22 x 15 cm.

Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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Reynolds, Arnold Caldwell.

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Monongahela Navigation Company

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In 1817, the Monongahela Navigation Company was incorporated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to "make a lock navigation on the river Monongahela." After overcoming numerous financial and engineering difficulties, the company succeeded in building four locks and dams by 1844, opening the Monongahela from Pittsburgh to Brownsville for slackwater navigation. From the description of Copybook of records of Monongahela Navigation Company, 1840-1897. (University of Pittsburgh). WorldCat...