Mill Creek and Mine Hill Navigation and Railroad Company
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Mill Creek and Mine Hill Navigation and Railroad Company
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The Mill Creek & Mine Hill Navigation and Railroad Co. was the second railroad built in Pennsylvania and the third in the United States, beginning operations in mid–1829. It was a short four mile line extending from Port Carbon, Pennsylvania along the Mill Creek towards active anthracite coal mines. Its purpose was to transport mined coal to Port Carbon which was the terminus for the Schuylkill Canal, the conduit to markets in Philadelphia.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_Creek_and_Mine_Hill_Navigation_and_Railroad_Company
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2022-12-04T04:35:59Z
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