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  • Collection: Lehigh Gap

Finley Bridge.jpg
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…

Flagstaff and Lehigh Gap.jpg
View from Flagstaff Park, Mauch Chunk, south towards Lehigh Gap in the distance

GapHighwayBridge.jpg
This steel bridge replaced the old Chain Bridge on the Slatington-Palmerton Road.

Lehigh Gap Freight web.jpg
Westbound CNJ freight with No. 932 in charge steams past the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company's abandoned Lock No. 18 and its associated lock-tender's house. The L&NE Lehigh Gap bridge looms over the tracks in the distance. The faint easement line…

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

LehighGapBridge.jpg
Looking east across the old, steel bridge, opened 1933, across the Lehigh River at Lehigh Gap. Now highway Route 873.

LehighGapLV.jpg
This is a view of the Lehigh Valley Railroad mainline on the western bank of the Lehigh River looking south through Lehigh Gap.

Gaplnebridge.jpg
Picture would have been taken just before the demolition of the bridge, which had already been abandoned for several years.
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