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The Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad and its successor

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2475
Author
Wilson, William Hasell,
Date of Publication
1985.
Call Number
385 W754
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Responsibility
by William Hasell Wilson ; with introduction by Morris M. Green, Jr.
ISBN
0933788460 (pbk.)
Author
Wilson, William Hasell,
Uniform Title
Reminiscences of a railroad engineer
Place of Publication
York, PA
Publisher
American Canal & Transportation Center,
Date of Publication
1985.
Physical Description
72 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Reprint. Originally published: Reminiscences of a railroad engineer. 1896. With new front matter and some minor deletions.
Bibliography: p. 66.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Railroad - History.
Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad.
Columbia (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
385 W754
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Author
Wilson, William Bender,
Date of Publication
1897
his post, displaying those powers of endurance and loyalty to duty that have characterized his career and made it suc- cessful. WILLIAM BENDER WILSON, Holmesburg, Philadelphia, 1897. �file:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Wilson, William
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Responsibility
by W. B. Wilson, Esq.
Author
Wilson, William Bender,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[226]-250 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 6
Summary
The article discusses several bridges that crossed the Susquehanna River from Columbia, PA and their destruction by weather and war. Then the article moves to the initiation of the telegraph between Lancaster and Harrisburg when the invention was still in its infancy.
Subjects
Columbia Bridge Company.
Telegraph - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Telegraph - Pennsylvania
Columbia Bridge (Columbia, Pa.)
Columbia (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 6 (1897), p. 226-250Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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Harrisburg's successful City Beautiful Movement, 1900-1915

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11928
Author
Wilson, William H.
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.47, no.3
Responsibility
by William H. Wilson.
Author
Wilson, William H.
Physical Description
213-233 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania History, v.47, no.3 (July 1980)
Subjects
Harrisburg (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Newspaper
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.47, no.3
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