Located between Slatington and Lehigh Gap on Route 873 (formerly 29).
The old post office, in the A.P. Berlin building, which was later the site of the public library. Both the library and post office are in different locations now. This building, once connected with a slate quarry operation, now houses an antique store.
Canal and River, looking East, Lehigh Gap, Pa.
Scene is from the north side of Lehigh Gap, looking south through the gap towards Slatington.
Lehigh and New England Bridge, Lehigh Gap, Pa.
Looking north towards Lehigh Gap and the LNE Bridge, constructed 1911.
Bridge Crossing Lehigh River, Slatington, Pa.
Yes, this is what the old steel bridge really looked like. Here we are looking east towards Walnutport.
Bridge over Trout Creek Main Street, Slatington, Pa.
Looking down the old bridge towards the Henry Kuntz house at the bottow. The Slatington News building is on the left, in the middle of the bridge.
"A side view of the double-span bridge over Trout Creek. This may be a rather early picture. There are two beautiful Victorian homes from the turn of the last century not built yet. They replaced the two homes on the left." The Rev. James W. LeVan, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Slatington, Pa., provided Central Pennsylvania College with five black-and-white photographs showing Henszey's bridge in its original location in Slatington. He also supplied the notes that appear below the images.
A horse-drawn funeral procession coming up Main Street. I am told this scene occurred after a terrible train wreck in Slatington. Notice there are a several hearses, as there were a number of fatalities. I am aware of two terrible train wrecks with multiple deaths in Slatington when the bridge was in place -- April 1878 and August 1900. This picture is said to be after one of those two train wrecks. An old newspaper article tells that in the 1878 explosion there was damage to the wooden planks of the bridge. The Rev. James W. LeVan, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Slatington, Pa., provided Central Pennsylvania College with five black-and-white photographs showing Henszey's bridge in its original location in Slatington. He also supplied the notes that appear below the images.
Arlington House Cor. Lower Main and and walnut Sts., Slatington, Pa.
Formerly located on the northwest corner of Walnut and Main Streets in the lower part of Slatington. This majestic building was one of several hotels in Slatington in the nineteenth century, and yes, once there were trees along the streets in town.