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This photo is taken a bit further south of the bridge.

Looking north. To the left of this bridge over the canal was the bridge over the Lehigh River that connected Slatington and Walnutport.

Not exactly sure of the location of this view along the river.

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

If you look closely, you can see the men peering out through the damaged opening.

An early use of a core drill to check if it was worthwhile to open a quarry on a site. Before use of the drill came into operation, it was pretty often just educated guesswork where to site a new quarry.

Note the mileage markers on the signposts.

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

There are a couple of railroad boxcars in the photo, placed there for loading of roofing slates (most likely).

Located on Second Street.