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Gap.jpg
View looking south before the construction of the LNE R.R. bridge.

UpperMain5.jpg
Business district

LowerSlat4.jpg
Very nice houses (and trees) once lined lower Main Street.

Quarry.jpg
This could be the Penn Lynn quarry operaation, but I am not sure and will have to do some more study of the image.

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GapCanal2.jpg
Note the width of the canal at this point.

Quarry2.jpg
Interior view of the building in which slabs of slate were cut and polished to the desired dimensions.

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TroutCrDam.jpg
This was known as Kern's dam, which supplied the water feed for Trucker's sawmill and also the gristmill. The trestle in the background carried the branch of the Lehigh Valley R.R. up to the slate quarries.

CitizensBank.jpg
Located on the northwest corner of Second and Main Streets, the building had many other uses over the years, including the telephone exchange at one time. Citizen's National Bank opened for business in 1902 and lasted until 1999). Then it was…

MainStBridge.jpg
Looking down the bridge over Trout Creek from about the position of the Slatington News building.

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JrHigh.jpg
Nice image of the old high school, giving a great idea of how much it dominated Main Street. View is from the Slatington News building on Main Street.

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