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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…

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…

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

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

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

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.

Conrail 6468 leads a mixed train on ex-CNJ trackage towards Lehigh Gap.