Thomas Leiper
Scottish
Thomas Leiper was a notable American Patriot and inventor in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. - AsNotedIn
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- Daughter: Helen Leiper Patterson
- Daughter: Jane Duval Leiper Kane
Thomas Leiper was a notable American Patriot and inventor in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1776/00/00 | Leiper buys a tract of land with a mill at a waterfall in Crum Creek along Yale Avenue at the Swarthmore-Nether Providence township border. | Owner | Thomas Leiper Estate | Wallingford | |||
| 1778/11/03 | Elizabeth Coultas Gray marries Thomas Leiper in Whitby Hall, Philadelphia, PA. | Groom | Whitby Hall, Haverford | Haverford, PA | |||
| 1785/00/00 | Strath Haven is built as a summer home for Thomas Leiper. He named the estate after his birthplace in Strathaven, Scotland. | Born | Thomas Leiper Estate | Wallingford | |||
| 1810/00/00 | Leiper builds a railway (lost) from his quarries on Crum creek to his landing on Ridley creek, 1809-1810. Leiper's 0.75 mile long tramway is the first railroad in America. Single car trains with flanged iron wheels are pulled by horses on wooden rails. | Work | Thomas Leiper Estate | Wallingford | Birth of the American Railroads | ||
| 1825/07/06 | Thomas Leiper, Patriot and inventor, dies at his Nether Providence Estate. | Died | Thomas Leiper Estate | Wallingford |
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