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The Philadelphia and Erie Railroad in Pennsylvania History
James G. Stevenson reviews Homer T. Rosenberger’s The Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Its Place in American Economic History. The book details the line’s 19th century rise from Sunbury to Erie, the missteps of route planning via Kane and St Marys, key figures like Struthers Ridgway Kane and Biddle, and the PRR’s eventual 1907 acquisition. It notes the line’s economic impact, oil-era extensions, and maps, while praising its scholarship and scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Stevenson
Titusville Herald
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg-Erie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tidewater
Philadelphia
Erie
Great Lakes
United States Railway Association
Warren
Kane
Homer T. Rosenberger
Cornell
Waynesboro
Fox Hills Press
Potomac
Maryland
Rosenberger
P and E
Herald
PRR
New York
Baltimore
Boston
North Central
Pittsburgh
Alleghenies
St. Marys
Driftwood
West Branch
Susquehanna River
Emporium
Ridgway
Johnsonburg
Franklin
United States
Dubois
St. Marys-Kane-Warren
Thomas Struthers
California
Cincinnati
Jacob Ridgway
Upper Clarion
James L. Gillis
Thomas Leiper Kane
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company
McKean County
Nicholas Biddle
Andrew Jackson
Philadelphia and Erie
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Commonwealth
Penn Central
Redbank
Allegheny
Lewistown
Altoona
Biddle
Sunbury and
Farrandsville
Milton
Williamsport
Sunbury
Struthers
Sunbury and Erie
Warren-to-Erie
Spring Creek
Youngsville
Waterford
Union Mills
Columbus
Worth S. Streator
Cleveland
Ohio
Oil Creek
Titusville
Atlantic and Great Western Railway
Corry
Grand Valley
Garland
Therr
Pennsy
Thain
East
Lake Superior
Steelton
Harrisburg