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Schuykill Navigation Company subscription list for loans
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Accession: 1215
Abstract:
The Schuylkill Navigation Company constructed a canal along the Schuylkill River from Philadelphia to the anthracite coal field near Pottsville between 1815 and 1825. The item is a small notebook with subscriptions to the company's loans in 1823 and 1824.
Dates:
1824
William E. Morris engineer's notebook
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Accession: 2099
Abstract:
William E. Morris (1812-1875) was a civil engineer and railroad executive. The notebook contains fourteen separate specifications for canal and railroad work copied in longhand and a fifteenth in the form of an inserted printed handbill. They offer a good snapshot of early civil engineering practice and construction techniques. Evidence points to Morris as the notebook's author.
Dates:
circa 1839
