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Lehigh Canal Wooden Bridge, Walnutport, Pa.
Looking north. To the left of this bridge over the canal was the bridge over the Lehigh River that connected Slatington and Walnutport.
Lehigh River
Not exactly sure of the location of this view along the river.
Lehigh Gap Dam
The timber crib dam south of Lehigh Gap that supported navigation on the Lehigh canal
Damaged Old Wooden Bridge over the Lehigh River
If you look closely, you can see the men peering out through the damaged opening.
Prospecting for Slate with Core Drill at Slatington, Pa.
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.
Bridge over Trout Creek
Main Street, Slatington, Pa.
Looking down the old bridge towards the Henry Kuntz house at the bottow. The Slatington News building is on the left, in the middle of the bridge.
Bridge Crossing Lehigh River, Slatington, Pa.
Yes, this is what the old steel bridge really looked like. Here we are looking east towards Walnutport.