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The road realignment in Lehgih Gap cut off the former CNJ branch line. Access to East Palmerton was then provided by a branch of the LNE, higher up on the mountain.

View on the east side of the gap of the new highway.

View across the chain bridge towards the toll house and Central of New Jersey railroad tracks.

Back of photograph indicates that it was a Pennsylvania Department of Highways photograph, taken about the time the new highway bridge opened.

MP 107.08 In this photograph taken from the L&NE Lehigh Gap Bridge of an eastbound CNJ Mikado powered (CNJ No. 865) coal train, the farthest cars are over Aquashicola Creek bridge while the mid section of the train is alongside LC&N Lock No. 18. A…

This watercolor appeared in an auction at Cowan's Auction. Here is the catalog description: Amerian, watercolor on paper. Depicting Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania, near present day Slatington. This view was executed the day after the following watercolor…

The timber crib dam south of Lehigh Gap that supported navigation on the Lehigh canal

The Lehigh Gap dam, a wooden crib dam, on the Lehigh River south of the Blue Mountain also served at the entry point for the Walnutport stretch of the Lehigh Canal. The dam allowed for slack water navigation of canal boats from the Palmerton side of…