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Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company

Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company rather than just read about it. In short: The Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company was a limited liability corporation founded in Pennsylvania on September 29, 1791. The company was founded for the purpose of improving river navigation, which in the post-colonial United States era of the 1790s meant improving river systems, not canals.

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Reference excerpt

The Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company was a limited liability corporation founded in Pennsylvania on September 29, 1791. The company was founded for the purpose of improving river navigation, which in the post-colonial United States era of the 1790s meant improving river systems, not canals. In this Pennsylvania plan, however, two rivers, a large river, the Susquehanna and a smaller one, the Schuylkill, were to be improved by clearing channels through obstructions and building dams where needed. To connect the two watersheds, the company proposed a 4-mile (6.4 km) summit level crossing at Lebanon, a length of almost 80 miles (130 km) between the two rivers. The completed project was intended to be part of a navigable water route from Philadelphia to Lake Erie and the Ohio Valley.

History

18th century

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company

In research: Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1810s disestablishments in Pennsylvania, 1811 establishments in Pennsylvania, American companies established in 1791, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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