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Lukens Steel Company records

 Collection
Accession: 0050
Abstract:

Lukens Steel Company was a medium-sized producer of specialty steel products and one of the top three U.S. producers of steel plate. The Lukens Steel Company records documents all aspects of the business from the early nineteenth century through the 1970s.

Dates: 1798-1993

Penn Virginia Corporation records

 Collection
Accession: 1764
Abstract:

Penn Virginia Corporation was an oil and gas company, incorporated as the Virginia Coal & Iron Company on January 6, 1882. It was one of many firms established by a group of interrelated entrepreneurs headed by John Leisenring (1819-1884), a Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, civil and mining engineer. The name changed to Penn Virigina Corporation in 1967. The records of Penn Virginia Corporation cover the development and operations of the Virginia Coal & Iron Company, a large southern Appalachian land company, with some information on its immediate neighbors and local support facilities.

Dates: 1864-1981

Reading Company records

 Collection
Accession: 1520
Abstract:

Chartered in 1871, Reading Company was the holding company for the system of railroads, canals and coal mines assembled by the predecessor Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company between 1833 and 1896. The collection consists of the corporate records of the Reading Company (1871-1976), the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company (1833-1896), the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company (1896-1923), and 159 predecessors and subsidiaries.

Dates: 1795-1979

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Company stores 2
Drawings 2
Railroads 2
Advertisements 1
Anthracite coal industry 1
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Baldwin Locomotive Works 2
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company 2
Norfolk and Western Railway Company 2
A. Gibbons, Jr., & Company 1
Adams Express Company 1
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American Railway Association 1
Association of American Railroads 1
Association of Railway Executives (U.S.) 1
Ayers, Rufus A. (Rufus Adolphus), 1849-1926 1
Baer, George F. (George Frederick), 1842-1914 1
Baird, Matthew, 1817-1877 1
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 1
Bath Iron Works, Ltd 1
Beech Creek Railroad Company 1
Belmont Iron Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Bertrand, Charles Edward, 1915-1978 1
Bethlehem Steel Company 1
Biddle, Edward R. (Edward Robert) 1
Blackwood Coal and Coke Company 1
Boone County Coal Corporation 1
Brandywine Iron Works (Coatesville, Pa.) 1
Brandywine Iron Works and Nail Factory (Coatesville, Pa.) 1
Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway Company 1
By-Products Steel Corporation 1
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Central Railroad of New Jersey 1
Charles Huston & Sons 1
Chauncey, Elihu, 1779-1847 1
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company 1
Clinchfield Coal Corporation 1
Coatesville Relief Association 1
Corbin, Austin, 1827-1896 1
Corliss Steam Engine Company 1
Cornell Steamboat Company 1
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company 1
Dice, Agnew T. (Agnew Thomson), 1862-1932 1
Dickson, Samuel, 1837-1915 1
Drexel, Morgan & Co 1
Elmira, Cortland, and Northern Railroad Company 1
Emlen, William F. (William Fishbourn), 1787-1866 1
Empire Transportation Company 1
Ewing, Charles H., 1866-1935 1
Fall Brook Railway Company 1
Federal Slitting Mill (Rokeby, Pa.) 1
Florence Mining and Milling Company 1
Furness, Frank, 1839-1912 1
General Boat Works, Inc 1
Gibbons & Huston 1
Gibbons, Abraham, 1812-1895 1
Gowan & Marx 1
Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 1
Harris, Joseph S. (Joseph Smith), 1836-1910 1
Huston & Penrose 1
Huston, A. F. (Abram Francis), 1852-1930 1
Huston, Charles L. (Charles Lukens), 1906-1982 1
Huston, Charles L., 1856-1951 1
Huston, Charles, 1822-1897 1
Huston, Penrose & Company 1
Huston, Stewart, 1898-1971 1
Imboden, John D. (John Daniel), 1823-1895 1
J.P. Morgan & Co 1
Jacobs-Shupert United States Firebox Company 1
Jersey Central Transportation Company 1
Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Buffalo Railway Company 1
Junction Railroad Company 1
Kemble & Warner 1
Kemble, Peter, 1825-1887 1
Kemble, William, 1795-1881 1
Kemmerer, John L., 1869-1944 1
Kemmerer, Mahlon S. 1
Knight, Edward C. (Edward Collings), 1813-1892 1
Knights of Labor 1
Lancaster Locomotive Works 1
Laurel Iron Works (Newlin, Pa. : Township) 1
Lehigh & Susquehanna Rail Road (Firm) 1
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company 1
Leisenring family 1
Leisenring, E. B. (Edward Barnes), 1895-1952 1
Leisenring, E. B., Jr. (Edward Barnes), 1926-2011 1
Leisenring, Edward B. (Edward Barnes), 1845-1894 1
Leisenring, John, 1819-1884 1
Lewis, Edwin M. 1
Lorenz, William, 1826-1884 1
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company 1
Lukens Co-operative Store, Ltd 1
Lukens Coal Company, Inc 1
Lukens Erecting Company, Inc 1
Lukens Iron Works (Coatesville, Pa.) 1
Lukens Iron and Steel Company 1
Lukens Steel Company 1
Lukens, Charles, 1786-1825 1
Lukens, Inc 1
Lukens, Rebecca W. (Rebecca Webb), 1794-1854 1
Lukenweld, Inc 1
Manley & Cooper Manufacturing Company 1
McLeod, A. A. (Archibald Angus), 1848-1902 1
Mineral Development Company 1
Montour Iron Company 1
Montour Iron and Steel Company 1
National Company 1
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