Schuylkill Navigation Company
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Charles A. Vinscherer Civil Engineering Notebook
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0122
Abstract
This manuscript describes observations and comparisons of various waterways engineering structures in eastern United States and the Rhineland of Germany. Detailed notations are made about the structures on the Schuylkill Navigation system above Reading, PA and the Louisville – Portland Canal system.
Dates:
1855 to 1881
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Philip Schopp Sketchbook
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0157
Abstract
A manuscript notebook and sketchbook attributed to Philip (Phillip)
Schopp (1828-1893), a German immigrant who was a member of the 75th
Pennsylvania Volunteers Regiment in the American Civil War serving first
as a Captain and later promoted to Colonel before being discharged in 1862.
The notebook contains many superb illustrations mostly from the Schuylkill
Navigation System, the Union Canal, and a few from the Louisville-Portland Canal.
The drawings and notations reflect a career as a...
Dates:
1851-1886
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Wetherill Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0163
Abstract
This collection contains documents reflecting a time frame from mid 18th century to mid 19th century. The Wetherill family was a Philadelphia Quaker family prominent in manufacture and civic leadership. The documents specifically indicate a family interest in the Philadelphia Water Works, the Schuylkill Navigation Company and promoting the establishment of the Schuylkill Canal.
Dates:
Mid 18th century to the mid 19th century
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
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- Canals -- Pennsylvania 2
- Notebooks 2
- Schuylkill River (Pa.) 2
- Sketchbooks 2
- Union Canal (Pa.) 2
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.) 1
- Civil engineers 1
- Covered bridges – Pennsylvania. 1
- Environmental Engineering 1
- Felix Dam, Schuylkill River, Berks County, Pennsylvania 1
- Kanawha River (W. Va.) 1
- Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.) 1
- Louisville and Portland Canal – Manuscripts 1
- Ohio River -- Navigation 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) – Water supply 1
- Plymouth Dam, Schuylkill River 1
- Schuylkill Canal 1
- Stoudt’s (Stout’s) Ferry Bridge, Schuylkill River, Berks County, Pennsylvania 1
- Transportation Engineering 1
- Wooden bridges 1
- Wooden bridges – Pennsylvania. 1 + ∧ less
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