Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
- Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company is an anthracite coal mining company in Coaldale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. It formerly operated a canal, the Lehigh Navigation System, and owned a railroad, the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad (later leased to the Central Railroad of New Jersey), which was claimed to be the second railroad in the United States.. [ [ http://www.canals.org/educators/curriculum/The_Lehigh_Navigation_System National Canal Museum – The Lehigh Navigation System] . Accessed 2008-09-18.] [ [http://www.northeast.railfan.net/ls.html Lehigh & Susquehanna - NE Rails] Accessed 2008-09-18.] They also build the Mauch Chunk and Summit Hill Switchback Railroadto move coal
It was founded by Josiah White (1780-1850) and Erskine Hazard (1790-1865). [ [http://www.canals.org/educators/curriculum/The_Lehigh_Coal_and_Navigation_Company National Canal Museum – The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company] Accessed 2008-09-18.]
The company, like other Pennsylvania mining companies, has been criticized for polluting the environment. [cite news|url=http://www.themilitant.com/2000/6437/643752.html|title=Miners: anthracite coal bosses destroy the environment |last=Mailer|first=Tom|date=October 2, 2000 |work=The Militant|accessdate=2008-09-19]
In 2004, the company was forced into bankruptcy by some of its creditors, and some of its land was at risk of being sold for back taxes. [cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-7188717_ITM|title=U.S. agriculture department pays Pottsville, Pa., coal firm's back taxes.|last=Parker|first=Chris|date=Nov. 17, 2004 |work=The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. via Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News |accessdate=2008-09-19] In 2006, a new management team took over. [cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-31388740_ITM|title=Lehigh Coal mining restarts under new management.|date=April 29, 2006|work=Morning Call (Allentown, PA)|accessdate=2008-09-19]
References
*cite news|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10F13FF3D581B7B93C6A9178FD85F468485F9|title=S.D. WARRINER, 75, COAL LEADER, DEAD; President of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co., 1912-37, Often Clashed With Lewis|date=April 4, 1942|work=The New York Times|pages=13|accessdate=2008-09-19
External links
* [http://www.lcncoal.com/ Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company] Official site.
*http://www.canals.org/educators/curriculum/The_Lehigh_Coal_and_Navigation_Company More Info
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