Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lehigh_Coal_and_Navigation_Company
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkbp:businessModel gptkb:public_company
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1986
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:founded 1820
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Josiah_White
gptkb:Erskine_Hazard
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Mauch_Chunk,_Pennsylvania
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
gptkbp:industry gptkb:transportation
coal mining
gptkbp:legacy infrastructure contributed to the growth of eastern Pennsylvania
influenced the development of American railroads and canals
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Lehigh_Coal_Mining_Company
gptkb:Lehigh_Navigation_Company
gptkbp:nickname Old Company
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Asa_Packer
gptkb:Francis_Weiss
gptkbp:notableEvent construction of the first gravity railroad in the U.S.
development of the Lehigh Canal
expansion into railroads
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Lehigh_and_Susquehanna_Railroad
gptkb:Lehigh_Canal
gptkb:Switchback_Gravity_Railroad
Panther Creek Valley coal lands
gptkbp:notableProduct anthracite coal
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:Lehigh_and_Susquehanna_Railroad
gptkb:Mauch_Chunk_Switchback_Railway
gptkb:Lehigh_Canal
gptkbp:servesArea gptkb:Carbon_County
gptkb:Lehigh_Valley
gptkb:Schuylkill_County
gptkb:Panther_Creek_Valley
gptkbp:significance helped fuel the American Industrial Revolution
pioneered industrial transportation infrastructure in the U.S.
gptkbp:state gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkbp:stockExchange gptkb:Philadelphia_Stock_Exchange
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Lehigh_Coal_and_Navigation_Company_(modern)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6