name:"Wilson, WIlliam" found 2 records - Research Collections

The early telegraph

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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