North Pennsylvania Railroad
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North Pennsylvania Railroad was a railroad company which served Philadelphia, Montgomery County, Bucks County and Northampton County in Pennsylvania. It was formed in 1852, and began operation in 1855
Lansdale station on the North Pennsylvania Railroad, built in 1902 by the Philadelphia & Reading Railway, currently used by SEPTA's Lansdale/Doylestown Line
Great Train Wreck of 1856
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The Great Train Wreck of 1856 occurred in Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania, between Camp Hill station and Fort Washington station, on July 17, 1856. Two trains, traveling on the same track in converg
North Pennsylvania Railroad
…Berks; tracks continued south to a freight depot at Willow and Front street on the waterfront. In 1856, the company suffered its first accident in the Great Train Wreck of 1856, the most significant railroad wreck in the world up to that time. The railroad continued to expand northward from Philadelphia. The main line reached…
The dreadful accident on the North Pennsylvania Railroad by John L. Magee
Mary Ambler (1805–1868)
Mary Ambler homestead, Ambler, Pennsylvania