Memorial of the President and Managers of the Danville and Pottsville Rail Road Company, to the City Councils, with the Report of the Chief Engineer
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About This Item
Philadelphia. Very Good. 1835. Pamphlet. A very early and scarce railroad report. Light soil to self-wraps, verticle fold crease, and stamped number on front. Although the Danville and Pottsville Rail Road never reached either town, it was one of Pennsylvainia's earliest railroads, chartered in 1826 and running by the year of this memorial, at a stated cost of $18,550 per mile. Chief engineer Moncure Robinson, Treasurer S. H. Carpenter, and President B. W. Richards present reports. Robinson was also the chief engineer on other early Pennsylvania railroads. Only four copies found on OCLC. ; 7 3/4" x 5 1/4"; 14 pp .
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- Back of Beyond Books (US)
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- Title
- Memorial of the President and Managers of the Danville and Pottsville Rail Road Company, to the City Councils, with the Report of the Chief Engineer
- Format/Binding
- Pamphlet
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1835
- Keywords
- Danville And Pottsville Rail Road, Pennsylvania Railroads
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Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.