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He graduated from Kenyon College, Ohio, in 1835. Although he studied medicine and law, he made his living in the coal industry.
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Abraham Lewis
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With William Philpot and John M.Snowden, Junior., he was the first to establish a market and furnish a regular supply of Pittsburgh coal to New Orleans, transporting the coal on flatboats. His Coal Ridge Mine on Sawmill Run, opened in 1857, was originally served by a horse-drawn tramway, later converted to steam power as the Little Saw Mill Run Railroad. The Kirk Lewis incline was used to transport coal from "Coal Hill", now known as Mountain.
Washington, to the Monongahela River.
lieutenant has been described as the first incline in Pittsburgh. lieutenant was probably built by George West. Roberts, Senior, the superintendent of his mines, who was known to have built many coal inclines in the area, including those at Elizabeth, Pennsylvania.
