The Reading and Columbia Railroad John D. Denney, Jr. One hundred years ago, on March 15, 1864, the first train ran from Columbia to Reading over the newly-built Reading and Columbia Rail- road. At its height, the world of the Reading and Columbia extended from Sinking Springs on the North to

Associated Ventures Insert 1 A statement of contract work, list of people and payments made for the Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad. 1832. Inserts 2-5 Materials relate to Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad and Conewago Water & Power Co. Inserts contain minutes, correspondence, and stock

1849 they had on hand several thousand bushels of coal, 2,250,000 feet of lumber, and twenty-two of the finest merchantmen cars running on the r a ilroad fr om Columbia to Philadelphia and Baltimore. The firm owned nine thou- sand dollars worth of stock in the Columbia Bridge company and eighteen

Convention for promoting the Abolition of Slavery and improving the condition of the African race" held in Philadelphia on October 5, 1819 illuminates the relationship between Columbia Blacks and the majority community. �Four abolition societies met in Philadelphia that day—from New York, Pennsylvania

Unveiling of the Tablet Commemorating the Bicentennial of the James Wright House and the Sesquicentennial of the Borough of Columbia, Pennsylvania By ELIZABETH F, G, HIESTAND a Five Great Granddaughter of John Wright Paraphrasing the words of the old familiar song, "The sun shone bright on the old

addressed a memorial to the State Legislature on "The Expediency of a Railroad between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh," in an effort to meet threats poised to our cross-state traffic by the Erie Canal on the north, and the National Highway and Chesapeake Canal to the south. (14) After one of the members of the

. West Philadelphia Railroad Whitson & Sproul Widows Processing History: The collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared in 1998-1999 by DT. This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional museum and archives standards. The finding aid was updated using

ownership of a great- grandson of David Witmer, towards whom its shafts are in part directed. The Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company was chartered by the General Assembly of the State on April 9, 1792. The act of incorporation is called "An Act to enable the Gov- ernor of this Commonwealth to incor