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The history of the gas and electric industries in Lancaster County

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Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Date of Publication
1948
Lehigh Power Securities Corporation. The Pequea was merged in the same year into the Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. It is not our intention to forecast or prophesy, but business must plan for the future. Lancaster County is fortunate both from the point-of-view of gas supplies as mentioned in the
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by Horace Richards Barnes.
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[101]-131 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 5
Subjects
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company - History.
Lancaster Gas Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Lancaster (Pa.)
Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 5 (1948), p. 101-131Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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Early history of tobacco

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Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Date of Publication
1941
acreage of tobacco by the counties of Pennsylvania were published in the census reports until the Tenth Census, i. e. for the year 1879, only estimates can be given for the acreage prior to this date. It has been estimated that a century ago about thirty or forty acres in Lancaster County were devoted to
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by Horace Richards Barnes.
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1941
Physical Description
[1]-24 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 45, no. 1
Subjects
Tobacco industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Tobacco - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 45, number 1 (1941), p. 1-24Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.45
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Industries of Lancaster County prior to 1800

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Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Date of Publication
1944.
. Monroe Aurand, Harrisburg, Pa., 1940. - History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans, Philadelphia, Pa., 1883. A BRIEF POSTAL HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY SUPPLEMENTARY Referring tO page 3. Why was the post route between Philadelphia and Winchester established in May, 1755
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by Horace R. Barnes.
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1944.
Physical Description
[41]-56 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 48, no. 2
Subjects
Industries
Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 48, number 2 (1944), p. 41-56Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.48
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