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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L6Z_union-canal_Reading-PA.html
This canal was operated from 1828-1884. It connected the Schuylkill at Reading with the Susquehanna at Middletown. Remains of tow path can be seen .3 mile southeast of here, along the Tulpehocken Creek.
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In use, 1828-1884. It connected the Schuylkill at Reading with the Susquehanna at Middletown. About a mile east, at tip of Fritts Island, are remains of easternmost lock. It passed boats traveling to and from Philadelphia by way of Schuylkill Navi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L6P_james-maurer_Reading-PA.html
Labor leader and advocate for child labor reform, pensions, and the state's first workers' compensation act. Self-educated, Maurer was elected president of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor from 1912-1928. He served as state legislator from Rea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L6O_jacksons-lock-and-the-port-of-reading_Reading-PA.html
The Port of Reading was one of a number of major inland port towns located along the navigable waterways in Pennsylvania. It was at Reading that the Union Canal joined with the Schuylkill Navigation System. The Union Canal extended along the Tulpe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CQU_william-strong_Reading-PA.html
Eminent jurist; Member State Supreme Court, 1857-1868; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of U.S., 1870-80; Member Electoral Commission, 1877. His law office and home stood on this site. Died, 1895.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CQT_thompsons-rifle-battalion-capt-george-nagels-company_Reading-PA.html
With men enlisted from Berks County, Nagel's Company was a part of the first battalion in the colonies authorized by Congress, in June 1775. After gathering at Reading the following month, this company and other companies of the battalion marched …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CQS_solomon-boscov_Reading-PA.html
Founder of the family-owned department store chain. An immigrant from Russia, 1911, he came to Reading as a peddler. His first store began here after WWI and gradually expanded. New stores opened starting in 1962. In 1969 he died; thirty years lat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGSS_volunteer-firemen_Reading-PA.html
In recognitionof more than a hundredyears of faithful,unselfish and often heroicservice rendered by theVolunteer Firemenof the City of Reading, Pa.———"Greater love hath no man thanthis: that a man lay down hislife for his fellow-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGSL_william-mckinley_Reading-PA.html
Born at Niles, Ohio, 1843Enlisted in the Union Army as Private, 1861Mustered out as Major, 1865Elected President, 1896Re-elected President, 1900Died at Buffalo, N.Y. 1901
Last Public Utterances at thePan American Exposition,Buffalo, N.Y., Septe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGS5_col-conrad-weiser_Reading-PA.html
In memory ofCol. Conrad Weiser,Pioneer, soldier, diplomat, judge. As interpreter and Indian agent he negotiated every treaty from 1732 until near the close of the French and Indian War.—————The Weiser building where h…