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Tamaqua and Port Clinton—The Two Endpoints of the Little Schuylkill Railroad

In: Friedrich List as a Railway Pioneer in the USA

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The development of Tamaqua and Port Clinton as Little Schuylkill railroad terminus. With the construction and operation of the Little Schuylkill railroad, both Tamaqua and Port Clinton flourished and gained regional importance. Between 1840 and 1850, the population of Tamaqua increased from 450 to 3.100 people. At that time many immigrants from Ireland, Switzerland and Germany came to try their luck there. Later Italians, Lithunians, Russans, Ukrainians, Slovaks and Poles followed. The other endpoint is the small community of Port Clinton at the mouth of Little Schuylkill flowing into the Schuylkill River. By the mid-19th century, Port Clinton had nearly 400 inhabitants.

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  • Eugen Wendler, 2021. "Tamaqua and Port Clinton—The Two Endpoints of the Little Schuylkill Railroad," SpringerBriefs in Economics, in: Friedrich List as a Railway Pioneer in the USA, chapter 0, pages 65-70, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:spbchp:978-3-658-34526-6_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-34526-6_10
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