page_title: George Brooke Roberts
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: George Brooke Roberts / Career / Legacy
context_page_description: George Brooke Roberts was a civil engineer and the fifth president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
context_section_description: Roberts greatly expanded the PRR, investing more than $50,000,000 in roadways and equipment – more than all his predecessors combined – and increasing PRR holdings to about $115,000,000 through mergers and purchases of affiliated companies. By the end of his 16-year term as president, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest private employer in the United States and the largest business corporation in the world.
caption: General Map of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Its Connections (1893). PRR routes are outlined in black.
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