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- ↑ "The Statues at Large of Pennsylvania: Laws Passed 1831" . Retrieved 2010-10-28.
- ↑ "The Lincoln Colliery" . Retrieved 2006-10-26.
- Taber, Thomas T. III (1987). Railroads of Pennsylvania Encyclopedia and Atlas. Thomas T. Taber III. p. 462. ISBN 0-9603398-5-X.
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