A Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America: From the Period of Their First Colonization to the Present Day, Volume 2A. Constable and Company, 1819 - Condiciones economicas |
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Page 61
... navigable for boats of 40 . tons to the distance of 140 miles . The Juniata branch rises in the great chain of mountains , through which it winds a considerable distance ; and after a course of 180 miles , unites its waters with the ...
... navigable for boats of 40 . tons to the distance of 140 miles . The Juniata branch rises in the great chain of mountains , through which it winds a considerable distance ; and after a course of 180 miles , unites its waters with the ...
Page 62
... navigable for more than twenty miles for ships of any burden , owing to the rapidity of the current , and numerous small rocks , that in many places reach the surface , or rise above it . If this river were navigable for boats , it ...
... navigable for more than twenty miles for ships of any burden , owing to the rapidity of the current , and numerous small rocks , that in many places reach the surface , or rise above it . If this river were navigable for boats , it ...
Page 117
... navigable point of the Swetara branch of the Susquehannah to the Schuylkill , and thence to the Delaware , near Philadelphia . This will open a communication from Harrisburgh , the seat of govern- ment , to Philadelphia and the sea , a ...
... navigable point of the Swetara branch of the Susquehannah to the Schuylkill , and thence to the Delaware , near Philadelphia . This will open a communication from Harrisburgh , the seat of govern- ment , to Philadelphia and the sea , a ...
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... navigable for vessels of fifty or sixty tons , to the distance of twenty or thirty miles . The Christiana Creek , which rises on the borders of Mary- land , twenty miles in length , is navigable to the bridge of the same name , thirteen ...
... navigable for vessels of fifty or sixty tons , to the distance of twenty or thirty miles . The Christiana Creek , which rises on the borders of Mary- land , twenty miles in length , is navigable to the bridge of the same name , thirteen ...
Page 124
... navigable for vessels which draw eight feet , to the mills and manufactories erected on it . The Nanticoke river runs through part of this state . Minerals . - Iron ore is found in different parts , par- ticularly among the branches of ...
... navigable for vessels which draw eight feet , to the mills and manufactories erected on it . The Nanticoke river runs through part of this state . Minerals . - Iron ore is found in different parts , par- ticularly among the branches of ...
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