Lehigh Canal
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North East Rails Lehigh Canal |
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| The Lehigh River had limitations as a shipping route. Under the best of conditions, it required great skill to steer the barges on
the river and keep them off of rocks and out of shallows. Getting a barge to Philadelphia was often a matter of luck and many
unsuccessful barges became stranded or ripped apart. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company went before the Pennsylvania legislature and proposed to develop the Lehigh River
for shipping. It began operation in 1829.
The first phase of the Lehigh Canal ran from Mauch Chunk to Easton. The second section of the Lehigh Canal connected Mauch Chunk to White Haven. A third section of the canal was constructed from White Haven to Stoddardsville. At Easton, the Lehigh Canal connected to the Delaware and Morris Canals. "(1) |
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 Lehigh Canal lock , Allentown 1915 |
 Lehigh Canal, Allentown 1912 |
 Lehigh Canal, Allentown |
 Lehigh Canal, Allentown 1907 |
 Lehigh Canal, Allentown |
 Lehigh Canal, Allentown |
 Lehigh Canal, Hamilton bridge, Allentown |
 Lehigh Canal, South of Hamilton bridge, Allentown |
 Allentown Yd Lehigh Canal, 1954 Edward O'Donnell |
 Lehigh Canal lock , Bethlehem |
 Lehigh Canal , Bethlehem 1907 |
 Lehigh Canal , Bethlehem |
 Lehigh Canal , Bethlehem |
 Lehigh Canal lock, Bethlehem |
 Lehigh Canal , Bethlehem |
 Lehigh Canal Scene along the CNJ , Bethlehen PA |
 Lehigh Canal CNJ Station, Bethlehem 1910 |
 Lehigh Canal, Bowmanstown |
 Lehigh Canal, Bristol 1907 |
 Lehigh Canal, Bristol |
 Lehigh Canal, Bristol |
 Canal Falls, Lehigh Canal, Bristol |
 2nd lock, Lehigh Canal, Bristol |
 Lehigh Canal, Crane Iron Furnace Catasaqua PA |
 Lehigh canal, Catasauqua |
 Lehigh canal, Easton 1901 |
 Lehigh canal, Easton |
 Lehigh canal, Island Park, Easton1915 |
 Family on canal boat on Lehigh Delaware Canal, High Moore Oaks Easton |
 Lehigh canal, Freemansburg |
 Lehigh canal, Freemansburg |
 Lehigh canal, Lock 8, Chain Dam, Glendon PA, Thomas Iron |
 Lehigh Canal @Lehigh Gap, Palmerton PA 1869 |
 Lehigh Canal @Lehigh Gap, Palmerton PA 1869 |
 Lehigh Canal boat, Mauch Chunk(Jim Thorpe) |
 Lehigh Canal, Mauch Chunk(Jim Thorpe) |
 Lehigh Canal boats, Mauch Chunk(Jim Thorpe) |
 Lehigh Canal Loading Chutes, Mauch Chunk(Jim Thorpe) |
 Lehigh Canal Loading Chutes, Mauch Chunk Bob Fischer |
 Lehigh Canal , Mauch Chunk coal shutes Bob Fischer |
 Lehigh Canal Loading Chute# 1, Mauch Chunk(Jim Thorpe) |
 Lehigh Canal Loading Chutes, Mauch Chunk(Jim Thorpe) |
 Lehigh Canal, Mauch Chunk(Jim Thorpe) |
 Lehigh Canal, Mauch Chunk(Jim Thorpe) |
 Lehigh Canal RR Station, Mauch Chunk(Jim Thorpe) |
 Lehigh Canal Narrows, Mauch Chunk(Jim Thorpe) |
 Lehigh Canal Carbon Transit Power House, Mauch Chunk(Jim Thorpe) |
 Lehigh Canal , Mauch Chunk(Jim Thorpe) |
 PR on Lehigh Canal #82278, Mauch Chunk |
 Lehigh canal, L&S RR Mauch Chunk J. Brown |
 Lehigh Canal, Lock 34 Northampton PA |
 Lehigh Canal, Palmerton |
 Lehigh Canal, Pt. Pleasant |
 Lehigh Canal, Pt. Pleasant, 1908 |
 Lehigh Canal, Pt. Pleasant |
 Lehigh Canal, Lower Black's Eddy, Pt. Pleasant |
 Lehigh Canal, lock #22 at Lehigh Gap near Walnutport |
 Lehigh Canal, guard lock Lock #21 Lehigh Gap near Walnutport, 1905 |
 Lehigh Canal, Lehigh Gap |
 Lehigh Canal, Slatington |
 Lehigh Canal, Tullytown 1907 |
 Lehigh Canal, Tullytown1908 |
 Lehigh Canal, Tullytown |
 Lehigh Canal, Walnutport 2000 Michael G. Rushton |
 Lehigh Canal, Walnutport 2000 Michael G. Rushton |
 Lehigh Canal, Walnutport 1906 |
 Lehigh Canal, Walnutport 1906 |
 Lehigh Canal boats, Weissport |
 Lehigh Canal, Union Hotel, Weissport |
 Lehigh Canal, Weissport 1911 |
 Lehigh Canal, Weissport 1912 |
 Lehigh Canal boat yard, Weissport |
 Lehigh Joshiah White1(orig), Hugh Moore Park Easton PA 2001 Jim Benny |
 Lehigh Joshiah White2, Hugh Moore Park Easton PA 2001 Jim Benny |
 Lehigh Coal & Navigation barge # 151 , PA |
 LCN Coal Dump, Upper Lehigh Branch Canal terminis across from Bridgeport PA Wayne Gower |
 LCN Coal Dump, Upper Lehigh Branch Canal terminis across from Bridgeport PA Wayne Gower |
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| (1)Lehigh Canal History, © Al Zagofsky 1997 | |||
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