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Anthracite and slackwater : the North Branch Canal, 1828-1901

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18513
Author
Petrillo, F. Charles.
Date of Publication
c1986.
Call Number
386.48 P495
Responsibility
F. Charles Petrillo.
ISBN
0930973038 :
9780930973032
0930973046 (pbk.) :
9780930973049 (pbk.)
Author
Petrillo, F. Charles.
Place of Publication
Easton, Pa
Publisher
Center for Canal History and Technology,
Date of Publication
c1986.
Physical Description
viii, 280 p. : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 259-278.
Summary
History of the North Branch Canal in Pennsylvania's anthracite coal fields. The Canal was an important part of the transportation of coal from Pennsylvania to New York, although it fought a long and frustrating battle against the Susquehanna River and the new technology of the railroads. [from Amazon]
Subjects
Anthracite coal - Pennsylvania
North Branch Canal (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
386.48 P495
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The history of northeastern Pennsylvania : the last 100 years : proceedings of the thirteenth annual Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13422
Date of Publication
2001?]
Call Number
974.83 C748 2001
Meeting
Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania (13th : 2001 : Nanticoke, PA)
Place of Publication
[Nanticoke, PA
Publisher
Luzerne County Community College,
Date of Publication
2001?]
Physical Description
77 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Title from cover.
"Sponsored by the LCCC Social Science/History Department."
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Harvan, George, - 1921-.
Welsh Americans - Pennsylvania.
Postcards - Pennsylvania - Wyoming Valley.
Coal mines and mining - Pennsylvania
Lake Carey (Pa.) - History.
Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Powell, Fiona Siobhan.
Dublin, Thomas,
Petrillo, F. Charles.
Kumpas, Charles P.
Broughton, Walter.
Additional Corporate Author
Luzerne County Community College. Social Science History Department.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.83 C748 2001
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