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Lehigh Valley Railroad Ledger 1863-1874

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0198
Abstract

Single volume ledger of Lehigh Valley Rail Road Company containing information on the locomotive and railroad car maintenance, repair and management records from 1863-1874.

Dates: 1863-1874

Photograph of Harlem Bridge over Harlem River at Fourth Avenue, New York, Circa 1867-1871

 Item
Identifier: SC photo-0021
Abstract John Reid, the acknowledged photographer of this picture, was in his lifetime known as a pioneer photographer of the “Iron Horse” (steam locomotives). He introduced the convention of taking the photographs “from a position just ahead of the smoke box” in the late 1850s. This angle is apparent in this photograph as the 4-4-0 steam locomotive positioned on the Harlem Bridge. The bridge is an example of a Post box-truss type developed by Simeon S. Post in 1863. Based on information printed...
Dates: Circa 1867-1871

Photographs of Railroads and Trains by Homer R. Hill

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS0083
Scope and Contents A selection of train photographs taken by and donated by Homer R. Hill, of Bernardsville, NJ. The photos were taken through the years by Mr. Hill as he traveled to various areas of the country. All pictures are black and white, most are glossy finish and identified by a label glued on back of photo.. There are 54 photographs measuring 28 x 35.5 cm and three measuring 20 x 25.5 cm.; three business cards (5 x 9 cm), and 108 postcards (9 x 14 cm) unless otherwise noted. Some of the...
Dates: 1900 - 1997

Railway Timetables

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0064
Abstract

This collection contains, in 3 boxes, timetables from a number of railroads.

Dates: 1897 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1980

The Lehigh Coal And Navigation Company collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0120
Abstract The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company was a prominent coal mining and shipping company first established in 1820 with the merger of the Lehigh Coal Mining Company and the Lehigh Navigation Company, both of which operated in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania beginning in 1818. The Company owned and operated an extensive system of coalmines in Pennsylvania’s Carbon and Schuylkill Counties, two canals, and several railroads and railways. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company is credited...
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1826-1913; Bulk, 1826-1913 1815-1940

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Railroads 4
Railroads – Pennsylvania – History 4
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Railroads -- Design and construction 3
Railroads – Pennsylvania – History. 3
Civil engineering 2
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Ledgers (account books) 2
New York (N.Y.) 2
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Anthracite coal 1
Bethlehem (Pa.) 1
Bloomsburg (Pa.) 1
Bridge engineering 1
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Bridges -- Testing 1
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) 1
Buffalo (N.Y.) 1
Business records 1
Cartography 1
Chemistry -- Study and teaching 1
Chemistry teachers 1
Civil engineers. 1
Coal and Canals 1
Coal mines and mining -- Pennsylvania 1
Correspondence 1
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Geology 1
Harlem River (N.Y.) 1
Iron and Steel 1
Iron mines and mining 1
Lehigh River Valley (Pa.) 1
Lehigh Valley Rail Road 1
Locomotives – Maintenance and repair 1
Locomotives – Pennsylvania 1
Luzerne County (Pa.) 1
Madison Square Garden (New York, NY) 1
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) 1
Maps (documents) 1
Minute books. 1
Minutes (Records) 1
Niagara Falls (N.Y.) 1
Notebooks 1
Packerton (Pa.) 1
Pamphlets 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
Photographers 1
Pictorial works 1
Railroad Conductors 1
Railroad bridges 1
Railroad engineering 1
Railroads - Employees 1
Railroads -- Timetables 1
Railroads – Management 1
Railroads – Management. 1
Railroads – Middle Atlantic States – History 1
Railroads – United States – History 1
Railroads--Canada 1
Railroads--United States 1
Raven Rim (Pa.) 1
Real property 1
Sayre (Pa.) 1
Transportation, Military 1
Trial balance books 1
Union Station (Washington, D.C.) 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Transportation 1
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Lehigh Valley Rail Road Company 2
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company 2
Pennsylvania Railroad Company 2
American Locomotive Company 1
Baldwin Locomotive Works 1