Josiah White

Who was Josiah White?

Josiah White was an early pioneer in the advancement of antracite coal for heating and manufacturing in everyday life. Along with this he also helped establish a better transportation industry for transport of this coal and other material in the Delaware Valley and the Lehigh Valley regions. Thus helping to establish the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, along with co-founder Erskine Hazard.

A number of his works, including several separated sections of the Lehigh Canal are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

NRHP-listed works of Josiah White include:

Carbon County Section of the Lehigh Canal, along Lehigh River Weissport and vicinity, NRHP-listed

Lehigh Canal, Lehigh Gap to S Walnutport boundary Walnutport, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed

Lehigh Canal: Eastern Section Glendon and Abbott Street Industrial Sites, Lehigh River from Hopeville to confluence of Lehigh and Delaware Rivers, Easton, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed

Lehigh Canal; Allentown to Hopeville Section, along Lehigh River, Allentown and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed

Mauch Chunk and Summit Hill Switchback Railroad, between Ludlow St. in Summit Hill and F.A.P. 209 in Jim Thorpe, NRHP-listed