Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company

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Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company was a pioneering 19th-century American mining and transportation firm that developed coal operations and canal-rail systems in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley.

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instanceOf American company
mining company
basedIn Lehigh Valley
contributedTo expansion of coal-based energy use in the northeastern United States
growth of the Lehigh Valley industrial economy
country United States
developed canal systems in Pennsylvania
coal mines in the Lehigh Valley
rail systems in Pennsylvania
focus extraction of anthracite coal
shipment of coal to markets
geographicFocus Lehigh River corridor
linked to: Lehigh River

eastern Pennsylvania
historicalSignificance helped establish anthracite coal as a major fuel in the United States
pioneered industrial development in the Lehigh Valley
industry canal transportation
coal mining
rail transportation
location Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvania
notableFor developing coal operations in the Lehigh Valley
early large-scale anthracite coal mining
pioneering integrated canal and rail systems in Pennsylvania
operated Lehigh Canal
coal transportation infrastructure
operatedInCentury 19th century
operatedInPeriod 1800s
product anthracite coal
region Northeastern Pennsylvania
sector mining
transportation
state Pennsylvania
transported anthracite coal
transportMode canal
railroad
typeOfBusinessModel vertically integrated mining and transportation firm

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Lehigh River associatedWith Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Lehigh Canal developedBy Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Lehigh Canal owner Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Lansford, Pennsylvania associatedWith Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
linked to: Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Summit Hill, Pennsylvania associatedWith Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
linked to: Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Mauch Chunk developedBy Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
linked to: Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Switchback Gravity Railroad owner Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
linked to: Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company