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The Lehigh Gap dam with the Chain Bridge in the background.

Looking south through the gap about 1905, before the Lehigh and New England Railroad bridge was built.

This watercolor appeared in an auction at Cowan's Auction. Here is the catalog description:
American, watercolor on paper. A bird's eye view of the Lehigh Gap, in present day Slatington, Pennsylvania. Location sited and dated Lehigh Gap, July 25th,…

View of Lehigh Gap from the north side of the gap looking south, through the gap. The canal's aqueduct over Aquashicola Creek in visible.

Collecting wood for the Craig Inn

The Lehigh canal is to the right, the dam on the river is to the left and in the distance you can see the chain bridge across the river.

The forlorn L&NE bridge stood unused until it was dismantled during 1967. The Ashley (PA) wreck train, hauled by CNJ No. 1604, is en-route to a LV mishap on CNJ track 1 at Treichlers, PA. - northward view, October 4, 1967 - Reverend A. W. Kovacs

Jersey Central tracks through the snow on the right side of the photo (east bank of the river)