Lycoming County's Industrial Heritage
(Part of the Images of America: Pennsylvania Series)
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Lycoming County has a rich industrial history, first in lumber and then in manufacturing. Thousands were employed as lumberjacks, and others worked in sawmills, planing mills, or furniture factories that processed the lumber. Until 1894, lumber was the county's main industry. Inevitably, the mountainsides were denuded and floods toppled the remaining lumbering companies. The heyday over, many company towns collapsed. Boards of trade were created to...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0738537896
ISBN13:9780738537894
Release Date:July 2005
Publisher:Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.6" x 9.3"
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