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Report of the President and Managers of the Schuylkill Navigation Company to the Stockholders - January 6 1845
1845013186Philadelphia: Joseph and William Kite. Good. 1845. Disbound. Disbound softcover pamphlet remnants of wrappers present on title page. String binding is still intact. Moderate foxing throughout text block. Light toning to fore edge. This is a report from the Schuylkill Navigation Company to its stockholders in 1845. The Schuylkill Navigation Company was started in 1815 building a navigation system of canals dams and slack water pools on the Schuylkill River. Their monopoly on transportation of rich coal lands in the region ended in 1842 with the opening of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. This report includes cost of works capital stock permanent loans tonnage of articles descending on the river and many more statistics. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 12 pp . Joseph and William Kite unknown books
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