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A small photo of the chain bridge on an overcast day with the Lehigh River running high.

Looking south at the Blue Mountain from the vicinity of Palmerton.

Looking south into Lehigh Gap with the Chain Bridge in the far background. It appears as if this image was taken from the Stone Ridge.

Back of photo reads, "burned Monday night May 24, 1926"

This is an early Currier lithograph (G6937) of Lehigh Gap.

This appears to be a watercolor sketch done by Karl Bodmer who accompanied Prince Alexander Philipp Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied on his travels in Noth America that led to the book, Maximilian Prince of Wied’s Travels in the Interior of North America,…

Watercolor of the chain bridge at Lehigh Gap. There is considerable artistic license at work with this painting from the nineteenth century.

James Finley is often credited as the father of the modern suspension bridge, and three of his designs were built over the Lehigh River. See the article about James Finley, http://www.structuremag.org/article.aspx?articleID=804, that includes…

Photo is before the construction of the LNE railroad bridge in the gap.