Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company

Founded in the early 19th century, the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company was not an individual author but a historic American company based in Pennsylvania. It became one of the key forces behind developing the anthracite coal trade, especially by improving how coal could be moved from the Lehigh region to larger markets.

The company is closely tied to major transportation projects, including slackwater navigation on the Lehigh River and some of the region’s early railroad development. In practical terms, it helped connect coal mining, transportation, and industry at a time when the United States was rapidly expanding its industrial base.

Today, the company is remembered less as a publisher or writer than as an institution that shaped the economic history of eastern Pennsylvania. Works associated with it are mainly of interest to listeners who enjoy industrial history, transportation history, and the story of early American enterprise.