Robert Habersham Coleman - The Touch of Time - Railroad President
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Robert Habersham Coleman - The Touch of Time - Railroad President. Robert Habersham Coleman. info on Coleman J. Drexel ,Marshall Field ,J. P. Morgan orFrederick William Vanderbilt. [ 2] He was nationally known as the "Iron King of Pennsylvania.". He was "rich, progressive, generous, honest—he was utterly crushed by the financial panic of 1893.". 1983Robert Habersham Coleman 80 pages --- info on Coleman: Robert Habersham Coleman (March 27, 1856 – March 15, 1930) was an iron industrialist, railroad president, and owner of extensive farmland in Pennsylvania.[ 1] [ 2] He was nationally known as the "Iron King of Pennsylvania."[ 1] In 1879, he was worth about $7 million (equivalent to $241,875,000 in today's money).[ 3] By 1889, he had turned that into $30 million (equivalent to $1,075,000,000 in today's money).[ 3] [ 4] At the time, he had more money than his contemporaries A. J. Drexel , Marshall Field , J. P. Morgan or Frederick William Vanderbilt .[ 4] He was "rich, progressive, generous, honest—he was utterly crushed by the financial panic of 1893."[ 5]
