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Little Schuylkill Railroad is a 21 mile railroad located in [[Tamaqua, Pennsylvania]] created by the [[Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad and Coal Company]] in 1831. It connects Tamaqua with [[Port Clinton, Pennsylvania|Port Clinton]]. It is still in operation today and is currently owned and operated by |
Little Schuylkill Railroad is a 21 mile railroad located in [[Tamaqua, Pennsylvania]] created by the [[Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad and Coal Company]] in 1831. It connects Tamaqua with [[Port Clinton, Pennsylvania|Port Clinton]]. It is still in operation today and is currently owned and operated by [[Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad]].<ref name="SOS Tamaqua Railroad Station">{{cite web |title=Tamaqua Railroad Station -History |url=http://www.tamaquastation.com/history.html |website=Tamaqua Railroad Station |publisher=Tamaqua S.O.S. |access-date=29 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="MrPresident">{{cite web |title=GOVPUB-RRd9d2d93aa53aa4668c54916deaa4aff7 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-RR-d9d2d93aa53aa4668c54916deaa4aff7/pdf/GOVPUB-RR-d9d2d93aa53aa4668c54916deaa4aff7.pdf |website=govinfo |publisher=US Government |access-date=15 March 2023 |pages=3 |language=English |date=July 3, 1941}}</ref> |
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After the discovery of a [[coal]] deposit in [[Panther Creek Valley]],<ref name="Korson">{{cite book |last=Korson |first=George Gershon |title=Black Rock: Mining Folklore of the Pennsylvania Dutch |publisher=Ayer Company Publishers |location=North Stratford, NH |year=1950 |page=125 |isbn=978-0-405-10607-1 |url={{Google books |o5eVE9HyYwAC |pg=PA125 |plainurl=yes}} |access-date=2023-03-28}}</ref> [[Friedrich List]] was looking to build a connection between the coal deposit and Little Schuykill Canal. He worked with [[Isaac Hiester]] to accquire the neccesary land.One would be built where the [[railroad]] would begin and the other would be built at the Little Schuykill Canal. The railroad project now needed 300,000 dollars ({{Inflation|US|300,000|1828|2021|r=0|fmt=c}} dollars in 2021). to go through, however Friedrich and Isaacs' money was tied up in the land purchase.<ref name="Gate">{{cite book |last1=Wendler |first1=Eugen |title=Friedrich List as a Railway Pioneer in the USA: The Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania -- a German-American Pioneering Achievement |date=2021 |publisher=Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden |isbn=978-3-658-34526-6 |pages=47-60 |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-34526-6_8 |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref> After many failed attempts, the duo was able to obtain the needed cash from the Thomas Biddle bank in [[Philadelphia]]. List recruited [[Moncure Robinson]] to manage the construction.<ref name="Springer">{{cite book |last1=Wendler |first1=Eugen |title=Friedrich List as a Railway Pioneer in the USA: The Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania -- a German-American Pioneering Achievement |date=2021 |publisher=Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden |isbn=978-3-658-34526-6 |pages=47-60 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352802697_The_Construction_of_the_Little_Schuylkill_Railroad|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref> |
After the discovery of a [[coal]] deposit in [[Panther Creek Valley]],<ref name="Korson">{{cite book |last=Korson |first=George Gershon |title=Black Rock: Mining Folklore of the Pennsylvania Dutch |publisher=Ayer Company Publishers |location=North Stratford, NH |year=1950 |page=125 |isbn=978-0-405-10607-1 |url={{Google books |o5eVE9HyYwAC |pg=PA125 |plainurl=yes}} |access-date=2023-03-28}}</ref> [[Friedrich List]] was looking to build a connection between the coal deposit and Little Schuykill Canal. He worked with [[Isaac Hiester]] to accquire the neccesary land.One would be built where the [[railroad]] would begin and the other would be built at the Little Schuykill Canal. The railroad project now needed 300,000 dollars ({{Inflation|US|300,000|1828|2021|r=0|fmt=c}} dollars in 2021). to go through, however Friedrich and Isaacs' money was tied up in the land purchase.<ref name="Gate">{{cite book |last1=Wendler |first1=Eugen |title=Friedrich List as a Railway Pioneer in the USA: The Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania -- a German-American Pioneering Achievement |date=2021 |publisher=Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden |isbn=978-3-658-34526-6 |pages=47-60 |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-34526-6_8 |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref> After many failed attempts, the duo was able to obtain the needed cash from the Thomas Biddle bank in [[Philadelphia]]. List recruited [[Moncure Robinson]] to manage the construction.<ref name="Springer">{{cite book |last1=Wendler |first1=Eugen |title=Friedrich List as a Railway Pioneer in the USA: The Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania -- a German-American Pioneering Achievement |date=2021 |publisher=Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden |isbn=978-3-658-34526-6 |pages=47-60 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352802697_The_Construction_of_the_Little_Schuylkill_Railroad|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref> |
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Little Schuylkill Railroad is a 21 mile railroad located in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania created by the Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad and Coal Company in 1831. It connects Tamaqua with Port Clinton. It is still in operation today and is currently owned and operated by Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad.[1][2]
Construction
After the discovery of a coal deposit in Panther Creek Valley,[3] Friedrich List was looking to build a connection between the coal deposit and Little Schuykill Canal. He worked with Isaac Hiester to accquire the neccesary land.One would be built where the railroad would begin and the other would be built at the Little Schuykill Canal. The railroad project now needed 300,000 dollars (7,402,727 dollars in 2021). to go through, however Friedrich and Isaacs' money was tied up in the land purchase.[4] After many failed attempts, the duo was able to obtain the needed cash from the Thomas Biddle bank in Philadelphia. List recruited Moncure Robinson to manage the construction.[5]
History
Little Schuykill Railroad was opened in 1831. It was created by the Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad and Coal Company.[2] It was built to connect the coal mines of Tamaqua with Port Clinton. The railroad received a charter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on February 28, 1826.[6] Construction began in 1830. The tracks were constructed with strap iron on wood rails.[7] Beginning with horse-drawn cars in 1831 [6]
- ^ "Tamaqua Railroad Station -History". Tamaqua Railroad Station. Tamaqua S.O.S. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ a b "GOVPUB-RRd9d2d93aa53aa4668c54916deaa4aff7" (PDF). govinfo. US Government. July 3, 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ Korson, George Gershon (1950). Black Rock: Mining Folklore of the Pennsylvania Dutch. North Stratford, NH: Ayer Company Publishers. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-405-10607-1. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ Wendler, Eugen (2021). Friedrich List as a Railway Pioneer in the USA: The Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania -- a German-American Pioneering Achievement. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. pp. 47–60. ISBN 978-3-658-34526-6. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ Wendler, Eugen (2021). Friedrich List as a Railway Pioneer in the USA: The Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania -- a German-American Pioneering Achievement. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. pp. 47–60. ISBN 978-3-658-34526-6. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ a b Poor, Henry V. (1860). Poor's History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States of America. New York: John H. Schultz and Co. p. 454.
- ^ Heydinger, Earl J. (April 1963). "GROUP VI: The Little Schuylkill". Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. Railroads of the First and Second Anthracite Coal Fields of Pennsylvania. 108: 19–28. JSTOR 43518064.