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Trout Creek with Trucker's saw mill to the right.

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.

Built in 1869-1870, this was originally called the German Reformed church.

The old post office, in the A.P. Berlin building, which was later the site of the public library. Both the library and post office are in different locations now. This building, once connected with a slate quarry operation, now houses an antique…

View of the river looking north from Slatington towards Lehigh Gap.

View of the Lehigh Valley Railroad mainline running north out of Slatington towards Lehigh Gap. This was part of the local rail yard. The old Washington Quarry (now pretty much filled in) is to the left.

From Diamond Street, you are looking directly across downtown Slatington (roughly southwards) at the older school slate factory.

Looking at the lower part of Slatington, along Walnut, Cherry and Railroad Streets. The old wooden bridge across the Lehigh River is in the middle of the image.

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.

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