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Memoranda concerning the Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad, etc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7780
Author
Wright, Samuel C.
Date of Publication
1917
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.21
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Responsibility
by Col. Samuel C. Wright.
Author
Wright, Samuel C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1917
Physical Description
8-10 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 21, no. 1
Summary
The article discusses the choice of the path of this railway in the 1820's in Pennsylvania.
Subjects
Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad.
Railroads - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.21
Websites
https://archive.org/details/historicalpapers21lanc/page/n21?q=journal+of+the+lancaster+county+historical+society
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When railroads were new

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2848
Author
Carter, Charles Frederick,
Edition
Centenary ed.
Date of Publication
[c1926]
Call Number
385 C323
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Responsibility
by Charles Frederick Carter.
Author
Carter, Charles Frederick,
Edition
Centenary ed.
Place of Publication
New York, N.Y. [etc.]
Publisher
Simmons-Boardman publishing co.
Date of Publication
[c1926]
Physical Description
xiv, 324 p. front., plates. 22 cm.
Contents
Chapters: The dawn of the railroad era // America's pioneer railroad // Early days on the Erie // Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Railroad // Genesis of the Vanderbilt System // Incubator railroads // The first transcontinental railroad // Through tribulation by rail // Romance of a great railroad
Subjects
Railroads - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
385 C323
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015021131100&view=1up&seq=11
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