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The Heritage of Reading: 1813-1847: Canals, Heavy Industry, and the Railroad
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The Heritage of Reading: 1813-1847: Canals, Heavy Industry, and the Railroad

Heritage of Reading, History, Planes-Trains-Automobiles, Towns-Wards

23 09, 2021

The Heritage of Reading: 1813-1847: Canals, Heavy Industry, and the Railroad

Joseph Webb2021-09-23T09:40:18-04:00September 23rd, 2021|Heritage of Reading, History, Planes-Trains-Automobiles, Towns-Wards|Comments Off on The Heritage of Reading: 1813-1847: Canals, Heavy Industry, and the Railroad

The town of Reading was chartered as a borough by the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1783, and granted a new Borough Charter in 1813, with the legal boundaries set beyond those of the original town plan. The northern and southern boundaries were still [...]

The Heritage of Reading: 1745 -1813: Original topography and the Town Plan
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The Heritage of Reading: 1745 -1813: Original topography and the Town Plan

Books, Heritage of Reading, History

22 09, 2021

The Heritage of Reading: 1745 -1813: Original topography and the Town Plan

Joseph Webb2021-09-22T11:56:27-04:00September 22nd, 2021|Books, Heritage of Reading, History|Comments Off on The Heritage of Reading: 1745 -1813: Original topography and the Town Plan

When Thomas Penn and his engineers were discussing the location and plan for the county seat of the proposed Berks County (1745-1748), the land east of the Schuylkill, west of Mount Penn and north of Mount Neversink was divided into large estates whose [...]

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