THE ENGINEER AS PROMOTER: RICHARD B. OSBORNE, THE CAMDEN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD, AND THE CREATION OF ATLANTIC CITY

Richard Boyse Osborne had a sterling reputation as an Engineer who had built railroads both in Ireland and the United States. In the 1850s this visionary became the dynamic force behind the effort to link Philadelphia and Camden to the New Jersey beaches and the ocean. His railroad became a modest success, and Atlantic City a big Success. Land values were anothe rmatter.