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Emigrants in chains : a social history of forced emigration to the Americas of felons, destitute children, political and religious non-conformists, vagabonds, beggars and other undesirables, 1607-1776

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Author
Coldham, Peter Wilson.
Date of Publication
c1992.
Call Number
364.68 L688
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Responsibility
Peter Wilson Coldham.
ISBN
0806313293 :
Author
Coldham, Peter Wilson.
Place of Publication
Baltimore, Md
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
c1992.
Physical Description
188 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-188).
Subjects
Prisoners, Transportation of - England
Prisoners, Transportation of - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
364.68 L688
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Conestoga wagons

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20929
Author
Ammon, Richard.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
2000.
Call Number
813.54 A521w
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by Richard Ammon ; illustrated by Bill Farnsworth.
ISBN
0823414752
9780823414758
Author
Ammon, Richard.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Holiday House,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
Explains how Conestoga wagons were built and driven as well as their historical significance and importance to the early American economy.
Subjects
Wagons - United States - Juvenile literature.
Transportation - United States - Juvenile literature.
Wagons
Transportation
Transportation.
Wagons.
Transportation - United States.
United States.
History.
Juvenile works.
Additional Author
Farnsworth, Bill,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.54 A521w
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Stagecoach East : stagecoach days in the East from the Colonial period to the Civil War

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Author
Holmes, Oliver W.
Date of Publication
1983.
Call Number
388 H752
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Oliver W. Holmes, Peter T. Rohrbach.
ISBN
0874745225
Author
Holmes, Oliver W.
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution Press,
Date of Publication
1983.
Physical Description
vii, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 203-215.
Contents
Chapters : Colonial Stage Lines -- Revival After the Revolution -- Stagecoaches and the Mail (a debate of the confederation period ) -- The Stages Roll ( 1790 to 1800 ) -- The Early Stage Coaches -- Perils of the Road -- The Stage Driver -- The "Steplively Era" in the East -- The Post Office and the Stages -- Newspapers and the Stages -- Stagecoach Makers -- The Stagecoach Tavern -- Steamboats and Stages - Rivals and Partners -- West to the Mississippi -- The Indian Summer of Eastern Staging
Summary
Uses selections from newspapers, travel journals, diaries and government records to describe what it was like to travel by stagecoach.
Subjects
Coaching (Transportation) - United States
Transportation
Additional Author
Rohrbach, Peter T.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
388 H752
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Archive

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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Transportation Collection, 1819-1977 Object ID: MG0123 2 boxes 32 folders 1 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7 Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 4 Scope and Content
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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Description
The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
Date Range
1819-1977
Year Range From
1819
Year Range To
1977
Date of Accumulation
1819-1977
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bitner, John R.
Boardman, Harris
Bowman, John Jacob
Boyer, Zaccur Prall
Cirt, Anna N.
Griest, William Walton
Hostetter, Albert Keller
Kemrer, Clarence M.
Knapp, Walter
Kreider, Kate
Kriebel, Howard Wiegner
McClellan, Oliver Eldridge
Royer, David
Shuman, James P.
Wohlsen, Anna
Wohlsen, Peter
Subjects
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
Posters
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading & Columbia Railroad Company
Street-railroads
Trolley cars
Search Terms
Adamstown
Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Blueprints
Booklets
Brochures
Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Center Square Road Station
Chestnut Street
Christiana
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad
Conestoga Traction Company
Conestoga Transportation Company
Conewago Water and Power Company
Correspondence
Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania
Drawings
Duke Street
East Belt line
East King Street
East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
Elizabethtown
Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
Ephemera
Ephrata
Express Printing Company
Greeting cards
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
J. G. Brill Company
Kinport Road
Lancaster
Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Letters
Lititz
Maple Grove
Maps
Marietta Avenue
North Market Street
Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.
Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.
Minutes
Mount Joy
Mulberry Street
National Railway Historical Society
Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
North End Photo Finishing House
North Lime Street
North Queen Street
Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Penn Square
Pequea Twp.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photographs
Placards
Substations
President Avenue
Princess Street
Prospect Street
Quarryville
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Receipts
Red Rose Transit Authority
Reports
Roads
Rocky Springs Railroad Company
Schuylkill Navigation Company
Scrapbooks
South Mountain Railroad
South Queen Street
Stock certificates
Susquehanna Railroad
Tickets
Tolls
Trolley car barns
Trolley car yards
Trolley cars
Trolleys
Turnpikes
Walnut Street
WGAL (television station)
Williams Park Station
Willow Street Turnpike
Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
WLAN (radio station)
Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
York Bus Company
York Fair
York Railway Company
Extent
2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0123
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-123
Classification
MG0123
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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A comprehensive circulation plan - Part I : North - South Circulation plan

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Corporate Author
Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)
Date of Publication
1959.
Call Number
352.74 L244c
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Responsibility
Lancaster City Planning Commission.
Corporate Author
Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Commission,
Date of Publication
1959.
Physical Description
14 p. : maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Title from cover.
Subjects
Urban transportation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Transportation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Traffic flow - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Highway planning - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Highway planning.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.74 L244c
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An overview of travel and transportation in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14180
Author
Long, Amos W.
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.39
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Responsibility
by Amos W. Long.
Author
Long, Amos W.
Physical Description
2-29 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Folklife, v.39 (Autumn 1989-Summer 1990).
Subjects
Transportation - Pennsylvania
Rural transportation - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.39
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Nineteenth century transportation innovation and the urbanization process in Lancaster

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Author
Lynch, Mary
Date of Publication
1982.
Call Number
380.5 L987
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Responsibility
by Mary Lynch.
Author
Lynch, Mary
Publisher
Typescript ,
Date of Publication
1982.
Physical Description
25 p. ; 11 cm.
Notes
Student paper for Dr. David Schuyler's American Studies course, F & M College.
Subjects
Transportation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Urban transportation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Urbanization - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Sociology, urban - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
380.5 L987
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Map of the public roads in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : constructed from actual surveys made under direction of the State Highway Department by authority of an Act of Assembly approved May 31, 1911

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Dept. of Highways.
Edition
Rev. Feb. 1931.
Date of Publication
1931.
Call Number
974.815 LACO 514 Oversize
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Dept. of Highways.
Edition
Rev. Feb. 1931.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa.]
Publisher
Pennsylvania Dept. of Highways,
Date of Publication
1931.
Physical Description
1 map : col. ; 116 x 114 cm.
Notes
Map includes route numbers, railroads, streams, and important building locations.
"January 1912."
Subjects
Transportation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.
Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACO 514 Oversize
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Over the Alleghenies : early canals and railroads of Pennsylvania

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Author
Kapsch, Robert J.
Edition
First edition.
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
386.4 K17o
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Responsibility
Robert J. Kapsch.
ISBN
9781933202693 (pbk.)
1933202696 (paperback)
Author
Kapsch, Robert J.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
Morgantown, West Virginia
Publisher
West Virginia University Press,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
449 pages ; 26 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Table of Contents 1. Early America and the Coming of the Transportation Revolution 2. The State of Pennsylvania's Program of Canals and Railroads (1826-1858) 3. The Eastern Division of the Pennsylvania Canal 4. The Western Division of the Pennsylvania Canal 5. The Juniata Division of the Pennsylvania Canal 6. The Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad 7. The Allegheny Portage Railroad 8. The Susquehanna, West Branch, and North Branch Divisions 9. The Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal 10. Pittsburgh to Lake Erie -- The French Creek Division, the Beaver Division, and the Erie Extension 11. The Gettysburg Extension and the Demise of the State of Pennsylvania's Canals and Railroads Bibliography Index -- About the Author.
Summary
"Between 1826 and 1858 the state of Pennsylvania built and operated the largest and most technologically advanced system of canals and railroads in North America-almost one thousand miles of transport that stretched from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and beyond. The construction of this ambitious transportation system was accompanied with great euphoria. It was widely believed that the revenue created from these canals and railroads would eliminate the need for all taxes on state citizens. Yet with the Panic of 1837, a financial crisis much like boom and bust cycle that ended in 2008, a deep recession fell across the country.By 1856, Pennsylvania had sold all canals and railroads to private companies, often for pennies-on-the-dollar. Over the Alleghenies: Early Canals and Railroads of Pennsylvania is the definitive history of the state of Pennsylvania's incredible canal and railroad system. Although often condemned as a colossal failure, this construction effort remains an innovative, magnificent feat that ushered in modern transportation to Pennsylvania and the entire country. With extensive primary research, over one hundred illustrations, newspapers clippings, and charts and graphs, Over the Alleghenies examines and dissects the infrastructure project that bankrupted the wealthiest state in the Union. "--
Subjects
Canals - Pennsylvania
Railroads - Pennsylvania
TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History.
TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / History.
ARCHITECTURE / Regional.
Canals.
Railroads.
Allegheny Mountains - History - 19th century.
Pennsylvania.
United States - Allegheny Mountains.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
386.4 K17o
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Oral History

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Collection
Oral History Collection
Object ID
OH0122
transportation between Lancaster and Lititz from the turn of the century. Mr. Neff, could you tell us a little bit about trolley transportation at this time period. N: The original trolleys –or streetcars, as we called them- in those days, operated from Lancaster to Lititz. The first cars only operated as far as
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Description
Operation Remember
Trolley Transportation
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Neff, Christian
Narrator
Neff, Christian
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subjects
Oral history
Search Terms
Oral histories
Transportation
Trolleys
Object Name
Oral History
Length of Interview
0:21:20
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
OH0122
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Other Numbers
#37B
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Item
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