TaBLe 4.— Number of boat trips and tonnage of anthracite transported on the Lehigh 
and Schuylkill Canals, 1820-451 









| Lehigh Canal Schuylkill Canal 
Year 
Number of Tonnage Number of Tonnage 
Boat Trips Boat Trips 
1820 2215 365 = = 
1821 2 43 1, 073 - - 
1822 290 | 2, 240 = = 
1823 21233) 5, 823 = = 
1824 > 382 9, 541 - - 
1825 329 | 28, 393 | 260 5, 306 
1826 | 546 | 31, 280 650 16, 767 
1827 | 584 | 32, 074 1, 183 | 31, 360 
1828 605 33, 150 Te 7d, | 47, 284 
1829 494 | 25, 110 2,909 | 79, 973 
1830 852 | 41, 750 | 2, 978 | 89, 984 
1831 931 42, 743 2, 338 81, 854 
1832 1, 916 75, 937 | 55961 209, 271 
1833 2, 774 122, 928 6, 054 | 252,971 
1834 2, 331 | 106, 518 5, 167 | 226, 692 
1835 3130 | 131, 250 | 7, 109 339, 508 
1836 3, 465 | 146, 738 On1398} 432, 045 
1837 | 5, 316%] 224, 095 | 9, 535 5235152 
1838 | 5; 127 214, 211 | 7, 891 | 433, 875 
1839 bee oon| 221, 850 | 8, 174 | 442, 608 
| | 
1840 DSi 225, 585 | 8, 223 452, 291 
1841 2, 804 143, 038 | 14, 111 | 584, 692 
1842 | 5, 450 | 2725093 | 9, 276 | 491, 602 
1843 | 5, 240 | 267, 826 | 8, 138 | 447, 058 
1844 | 7, 098 | 377, 094 6, 408 | 398, 887 
1845 8, 104 4, 974 | 263, 587 
| | 
| £ 
| 
429, 492 

' Company annual reports, the Pottsville Miner's Journal, and the Mauch Chunk Courter. 
2 Calculated 25-ton boats. 
The delay in the completion of improvements on 
the Delaware Division and the inefficient utilization 
of the navigation by the use of temporary boats pre- 
vented expansion of mining activities in the Lehigh 
region. This condition for many years prevented the 
opening of additional properties in the coal areas 
bordering the Lehigh River. 
Organizations and indiv ‘uals desirous of engaging 
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in anthracite mining ventures turned their efforts to 
the Schuylkill region. With the Schuylkill region re- 
ceiving more attention, its production moved ahead at 
a rapid pace and greatly overshadowed the activities 
in the Lehigh region. The tabulation in Table 4 shows 
the growth in production and in the number of boat 
trips on the Schuylkill and Lehigh Navigation for the 
period 1820 to 1845. 
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