Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company

Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company was a mining and transportation company headquartered in Mauch Chunk, now known as Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. The company operated from 1818 until its dissolution in 1964 and played an early and influential role in the American Industrial Revolution.

The company ultimately encompassed source industries, transport, and manufacturing, making it the first vertically integrated company in the United States.

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