Lehigh Valley Railroad

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Lehigh Valley Railroad was a major northeastern U.S. railroad that primarily served the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania and connected it to key industrial and port cities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad
railroad company
connectedTo Buffalo, New York rail hub
Great Lakes region
Jersey City waterfront terminals
New York Harbor
country United States
headquartersLocation Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
historicalSignificance important link between Pennsylvania coal fields and eastern industrial centers
major carrier of anthracite coal in the United States
locatedIn Northeastern United States
majorCommodity anthracite coal
general freight
majorService freight rail service
passenger rail service
namedAfter Lehigh Valley
notableRoute main line from New York Harbor to Buffalo
routes through Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania
operatedInValley Lehigh River valley
linked to: Lehigh River
partOf Northeastern U.S. railroad network
primaryFunction connection of inland coal fields to seaports
transportation of anthracite coal to markets
railGauge standard gauge
servedCity Allentown, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Buffalo, New York
linked to: Buffalo

Easton, Pennsylvania
Geneva, New York
Ithaca, New York
Jersey City, New Jersey
linked to: Jersey City

New York City
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
linked to: Philadelphia

Sayre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
servedIndustry coal mining industry
manufacturing industry
steel industry
servedPort Buffalo lake port
New Jersey port terminals
New York City port
servedRegion anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania
servedState Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
status defunct
transportMode rail

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Conrail precededBy Lehigh Valley Railroad
Starrett-Lehigh Building namedAfter Lehigh Valley Railroad
Starrett-Lehigh Building hasRailConnection Lehigh Valley Railroad
Elmira, New York servedByRailroadHistorically Lehigh Valley Railroad
Consolidated Rail Corporation tookOverOperationsOf Lehigh Valley Railroad
Conrail formedFrom Lehigh Valley Railroad
subject linked to: CR
Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge (former) carried Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge (former) owner Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge (former) partOf Lehigh Valley Railroad main line
linked to: Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge (former) namedAfter Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway connectedTo Lehigh Valley Railroad
Central Railroad of New Jersey operatedLine Lehigh and Susquehanna Division
linked to: Lehigh Valley Railroad
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad competedWith Lehigh Valley Railroad
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania hasRailServiceHistory Lehigh Valley Railroad
Delaware and Hudson Railway connectedTo Lehigh Valley Railroad
Phillipsburg, New Jersey hasRailHistory Lehigh Valley Railroad