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5 unusual facts about Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company


Frederic C. Dumaine, Jr.

He also served as an executive with the American Woolen Company, Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, Waltham Watch Company, Fanny Farmer, Boston Edison Company, Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad, Boston and Maine Railroad, Boston Garden-Arena Corporation, and Springfield and Eastern Street Railway.

Laurys Station, Pennsylvania

Laurys Station was initially known as "Slate Dam," after the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company built a large dam here in 1830.

Lehigh and New England Railroad

After 1904 most of the L&NE's stock was owned by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company.

Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company

In the 1870s, the LH&S was leased to the Central Railroad of New Jersey), which extended the route into a Buffalo-NYC prestige line.

Lehigh Valley Railroad

A canal was constructed, and by the 1820s the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company had a near-monopoly on the mining and transportation of coal in the region.



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