Centre Turnpike Road, 1812 Issued Stock Certificate
Pennsylvania, 1812. 1 Share I/U Stock Certificate, S/N 2269, Black text with black border and embossed company seal at left. Fine condition with a hole at top near S/N, archival repairs on back. Centre Turnpike, also known as the Reading-Sunbury Road, was an early United States turnpike located in Pennsylvania. It followed the path of the King's Highway, which had been surveyed in 1770 by Francis Yarnall. Running from Reading to Sunbury, it was 75 miles (121 km) long, was started in 1808, and was completed around 1814 at a cost of $208,000. The final toll was collected near Bear Gap in Ralpho Township in 1855. The general path of the original turnpike is now covered partly by Pennsylvania Route 61 and Pennsylvania Route 54. It was maintained and controlled by the Centre Turnpike Road Company, which was formed on March 25, 1805.
Estimate: USD 95 - 150