Act of Incorporation and Supplementary Acts of the Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company
by Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: L.H. Biglow & Co., printers, 1869. Paperback. Good -. 32 p.; 23 cm. Front wrapper reproduces title page within decorative border. The Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1830; Thomas P. Cope was the first president. It ran from Millersburg to Williamstown and was the fourth in the United States and the first in Dauphin County to carry anthracite coal. By 1845 the line had to be regraded and relaid. It merged into the Penndel Co. in 1956. Written at the head of the front wrapper: "Preserve with Care." Very scarce. In Good- Condition: wrapper is lightly soiled; front wrapper is detached but present, with closed 4-cm. tear from gutter edge; somewhat brittle, with chipping at edges and separations at gutters; a few notations internally; otherwise, clean.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005463
- Title
- Act of Incorporation and Supplementary Acts of the Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company
- Author
- Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- L.H. Biglow & Co., printers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1869
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation; Ephemera; Pennsylvania;
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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