Institution · 1822–1860s
Smith & Whipper
Lumber and coal firm in Columbia, Pennsylvania. By 1849 it owned twenty-two railcars moving thousands of tons of coal and 2.25 million board feet of lumber a year.
Architects connected here
People
- partner · 1822Stephen Smithopened his own lumber business in 1822BEJ profile · cites Pennsylvania Civil War Trails
- partner · 1836William Whipperjoined the business; ran the Columbia yards from 1842BEJ profile · cites PHMC
Institutions and enterprises
- ran its own railcars on · 1849Philadelphia & Columbia Railroadtwenty-two privately owned railcarsBEJ profile · cites PHMC; Underground Railroad historical marker
Places
- based inColumbia, PennsylvaniaBEJ profile · cites PHMC
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