Ashley Planes
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Ashley Planes was a historic freight cable railroad in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. They consisted of three separately powered inclined-plane sections between Ashley, Pennsylvania, at the foot, and v
Abutments from the Ashley Planes in 2009
Lehigh Canal
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The Lehigh Canal is a navigable canal that begins at the mouth of Nesquehoning Creek on the Lehigh River in the Lehigh Valley and Northeastern regions of Pennsylvania. It was built in two sections ove
The Lehigh Canal in Glendon, Pennsylvania in 1979
The February 1873 edition of Harper's Weekly featuring an illustration of anthracite coal loading at the loading chutes in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania; Hauto Tunnel was in operation, and the LC&N Co. allowed its subsidiary Summit Hill & Mauch Chunk Railroad to be sold as a tourist railroad. As the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, it was the world's first roller coaster.
Main Street Bridge over the canal in Freemansburg in July 2015
Weigh lock with scales to determine tolls in 1873