Philadelphia and Reading Railroad

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The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad was a major 19th- and early 20th-century American railroad and coal-transporting line centered in Pennsylvania, later known as part of the Reading Company system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad company ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
chartered 1833 ⓘ
competedWith Central Railroad of New Jersey ⓘ
Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
inception 1833 ⓘ
industry coal transportation ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ
knownFor being one of the largest corporations in the United States in the 19th century ⓘ
influencing development of the anthracite coal industry ⓘ
transporting anthracite coal from Pennsylvania mines to tidewater ⓘ
laterBecame component of the Reading Company system ⓘ
locatedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
majorLine Main Line between Philadelphia and Pottsville ⓘ
Reading Terminal lines in Philadelphia ⓘ
notableFor heavy coal traffic from Schuylkill County ⓘ
opened 1842 ⓘ
operated Reading Terminal in Philadelphia ⓘ
operatedBranch lines to Allentown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
lines to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ⓘ
lines to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
lines to New York Harbor via New Jersey connections ⓘ
operatedInRegion Delaware ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
eastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
originalName Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road ⓘ
parentCompany Reading Company ⓘ
partOf Reading Company ⓘ
peakEra late 19th century ⓘ
predecessor Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road Company ⓘ
primaryCommodity anthracite coal ⓘ
passenger traffic ⓘ
regionServed Lehigh Valley region ⓘ
Schuylkill coal region ⓘ
servedCity Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia

Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
servedPort Port Reading, New Jersey ⓘ
Port Richmond, Philadelphia ⓘ
successor Reading Company ⓘ
transportMode freight rail ⓘ
passenger rail ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reading Company → operated → Philadelphia and Reading Railroad ⓘ
Reading Company → hasHeritage → Philadelphia and Reading Railroad ⓘ
Lansdale/Doylestown Line → railroadLineUsed → former Reading Company lines ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company → parentOrganization → Philadelphia and Reading Railroad ⓘ
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company → railroadAffiliate → Philadelphia and Reading Railroad ⓘ
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company → linkedInfrastructure → Philadelphia and Reading Railroad coal transport network ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Reading Railroad → alsoKnownAs → Philadelphia and Reading Railroad ⓘ
Reading Railroad → foundedAs → Philadelphia and Reading Railroad ⓘ
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad → originalName → Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad → predecessor → Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road Company ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
former Central Railroad of New Jersey main line → connectedTo → Reading Company (via CNJ–Reading connections) ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia and Reading Railroad