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, StaUnion 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 PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.