Josiah White
Josiah White (1781–1850) was an industrialist, mill owner, and early pioneer in the advancement of mining, shipping, and delivery of anthracite coal for manufacturing and domestic heating in everyday life in response to the energy crises in the early 19th century. Along with his partner, Erskine Hazard, he also helped found numerous companies, most either mining operations or transportation enterprises opened to establish a better transportation infrastructure for transport of this coal, people, and other industrial material needs such as ores, timber, and finished goods in the Greater Delaware Valley, the Lehigh Valley and Wyoming Valley regions.
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- Main article: Lehigh Coal Company
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Thus helping to establish the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, along with co-founder Erskine Hazard.[1][2]
Places on the NRoHP
A number of his works, including several separated sections of the Lehigh Canal are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).[3]
NRHP-listed works of Josiah White include:
- Carbon County Section of the Lehigh Canal, along Lehigh River Weissport and vicinity, NRHP-listed[3]
- Lehigh Canal, Lehigh Gap to S Walnutport boundary Walnutport, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed[3]
- Lehigh Canal: Eastern Section Glendon and Abbott Street Industrial Sites, Lehigh River from Hopeville to confluence of Lehigh and Delaware Rivers, Easton, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed[3]
- Lehigh Canal; Allentown to Hopeville Section, along Lehigh River, Allentown and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed[3]
- Mauch Chunk and Summit Hill Switchback Railroad, between Ludlow St. in Summit Hill and F.A.P. 209 in Jim Thorpe, NRHP-listed[3]
Notes
See also
- Canvass White - Engineer hired to assist creating the Grand Lehigh Canal under the Main Line of Public Works, 1837 revision, putting in the Upper Lehigh Canal, the Ashley Planes and the connecting railroad between Mountain Top, PA to White Haven, PA and the upper canal head.
- Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
- Lehigh Canal
- Summit Hill & Mauch Chunk Railroad
- Ashley Planes
- Lehigh & Susquehanna Railroad
References
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