. First century of national existence; the United States as they were and COLLIERY SLOPE AND B. EAKER AT TUSCAROKA, PA. COAL. 139. MOUNT PISGAU PLANES AND THE GKAVITY RAILKOAD, MAUCH CHDSK. exclusively until the partial construction ofthe Lehiffh railroad in 1846. But it wasnot until its completion in 1855, that thisbegan to be an important outlet of the coalregion and a powerful competitor for thetrade with the canal. A considerable amount of anthracite findsa market on the borders of Chesapeake Bay,being transported from the mines near theSusquehanna river by the Susquehanna tide-wate
. First century of national existence; the United States as they were and COLLIERY SLOPE AND B. EAKER AT TUSCAROKA, PA. COAL. 139. MOUNT PISGAU PLANES AND THE GKAVITY RAILKOAD, MAUCH CHDSK. exclusively until the partial construction ofthe Lehiffh railroad in 1846. But it wasnot until its completion in 1855, that thisbegan to be an important outlet of the coalregion and a powerful competitor for thetrade with the canal. A considerable amount of anthracite findsa market on the borders of Chesapeake Bay,being transported from the mines near theSusquehanna river by the Susquehanna tide-water canal, and by the Northern Centralrailroad. Its consumption is extending inthis region by its use in the blast furnacesin the place of charcoal, for smelting ironores, and the receipts of this fuel in the cityof Baltimore are about of those ofthe semi-bituminous coals of the Cumber-land region, which are brought to the cityby the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and thecanal. The receipts during the years namedbelow were as follows : Bituminous 443,782 Anthracite 267,334 1860. ,684325,129 18C9. 1870. Tons
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