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
Morris Canal
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The Morris Canal was a 107-mile common carrier anthracite coal canal across northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals in Easton, Pennsylvania, across the Delaware River from its wes
Lehigh Canal
…lower section spanned the distance between Easton and present-day Jim Thorpe. In Easton, the canal met the Pennsylvania Canal's Delaware Division and Morris Canals, which allowed anthracite coal and other goods to be transported further up the U.S. East Coast. At its greatest extent, the Lehigh Canal was 72 miles…
Lock 3 West at Waterloo Village, New Jersey
Chromolithograph of the canal from 1900
Canal in 2018 at Waterloo Village
Scotch or reaction turbine taken from Inclined Plane 3 East on display at Hopatcong State Park. This turbine, running with 47 feet (14 m) head at 58 rpm, venting 90.6 second feet, gives 30% efficiency. Water goes in the bottom, and comes out the sides, relieving pressure on bearings.