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The railroads of King of Prussia, PA : the past leads to the future / by Michael Stefan Shaw.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating HE2771.P4 S42 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shaw, Michael Stefan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chester Valley Railroad Company.
- Railroads--Pennsylvania--History.
- Railroads.
- History.
- Pennsylvania.
- Railroads--Pennsylvania--King of Prussia--History.
- Railroads--Pennsylvania--Montgomery County--History.
- King of Prussia (Pa.)--History.
- King of Prussia (Pa.).
- Pennsylvania--King of Prussia.
- Pennsylvania--Montgomery County.
- Local Subjects:
- Pennsylvania--King of Prussia.
- Pennsylvania--Montgomery County.
- Genre:
- Authors' inscriptions.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 185 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [King of Prussia, Pa.] : King of Prussia Historical Society, 2013.
- Summary:
- Today, as King of Prussia celebrates its 300th year of existence, there is a strong movement to bring back passenger rail service to King of Prussia in order to serve the business and residential communities. "The Railroads Of King of Prussia, PA: The Past Leads To The Future" looks at the rich 175 year history of the railroads in King of Prussia. In doing so the author makes the determination that the present day demand for renewed passenger rail service is a microcosm of King of Prussia as it has traveled the path from a rural township to a business dominated suburb of Philadelphia --Amazon.
- Contents:
- Setting the foundation: the origins of Upper Merion Township and King of Prussia
- Industry and trade in Upper Merion
- Transportation: from the trails to the railroads
- Rails on the Schuylkill: Merion Station to Abrams Yard
- North Abrams industrial track
- Chester Valley railroad
- Trenton cut-off
- Upper Merion and Plymouth Road
- Railroad testimonials
- Accidents on the rairoads
- Abandoned tracks in King of Prussia
- The 1950s: growth spurt beckons to the future
- The future of the rails.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum's copy inscribed by the author.
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of George H. Strimel, Jr.
- ISBN:
- 9780988697799
- 0988697793
- OCLC:
- 903265241
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