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Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. (117520)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Transportation Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Lehigh Valley Railroad Co.   (117520)
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The Lehigh Valley Railroad was one of a number of railroads built in the northeastern United States primarily to haul anthracite coal. Then was authorized on April 21, 1846, for freight and transportation of passengers, goods, wares, merchandise and minerals and the railroad was incorporated/established on September 20, 1847, as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company. On January 7, 1853, the railroad's name was changed to Lehigh Valley Railroad. It was sometimes known as the Route of the Black Diamond, named after the anthracite it transported. At the time, anthracite was transported by boat down the Lehigh River; the railroad was meant to be faster transportation. The railroad ended operations in 1976 and merged into Conrail along with several northeastern railroads that same year.

3 Certificates are I/C. 50 and 90 shares @ $50 par, issued 1898-99, signed Charles Hawthorne President, Brown, embossed seal, underprint of share number. Vignettes : left top Asa Packer 4-8-2 #444 train circle on right, one w/revenue stamps. New York Bank Note Co. VF

Provenance: Ken Prag Collection
Country (if not USA):
State: Pennsylvania
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Date: 1898-99