Excerpt from Directory of the Boroughs of Norristown and Bridgeport, Montgomery County, Pa;, For the Years 1860-61: Containing a Concise History of the Boroughs From Their First Settlement to the Present Time; The Names of All the Inhabitants, Alphabetically Arranged, Their Occupations, Places of Business, and Dwelling Houses; A List O F the Streets of the Borough; Sta Union Canal - Canal from Philadelphia to N orristown - First Excavation for Canal in the States - Effect of Coal Mining on Trade of River - Schuylkill Navigation Company - Rail roads - Norristown Railroad - Reading Railroad - Chester Valley Railroad - Norristown and Allentown Railroad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.