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