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  • Collection: Lehigh Gap

131730pr.jpg
View of lock from the railroad tracks. For more information, see http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa1877/

131732pu.jpg
In the 1970s, this is what was left of the aqueduct which carried the Lehigh Canal over the Aquashicola Creek. The Central of New Jersey trestle is visible in the background.

131731pu.jpg
This was the lock below where the Aquashicola creek emptied into the Lehigh River. The canal itself did not run through the gap; it was open water for canal boats. For more information, see http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa1877/

131725pu.jpg
Lehigh Gap without the LNE Bridge. For more information, see http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa1847.photos.131725p/

GapChainBridge.jpg
This is an image of the Chain Bridge after the 1926 fire. Original postcard, unknown URL.

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GapRoad2.jpg
Route 873 north from Slatington to Lehigh Gap

Gap1967sm.jpg
Photo looking west across the Lehigh River towards the Lehigh Valley R.R. mainline.

Gap2.jpg
Central Railroad of New Jersey tracks ran along the east bank of the Lehigh river.

Gap.jpg
View looking south before the construction of the LNE R.R. bridge.

GapCanal2.jpg
Note the width of the canal at this point.
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