The Lehigh Canal

The Lehigh Canal is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Northampton County, dedicated 1995.

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This canal's 47 miles from Mauch Chunk to Easton were constructed 1827-1829. Here the Lehigh Canal connected with the Delaware Canal to Philadelphia, and with the Morris Canal to New York. Vital to the transport of anthracite coal and to the rise of the anthracite iron industry, the Lehigh Canal was in full operation until 1932, and in partial operation 10 years longer. This section was fully restored, 1976.

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1825 · Map Of Pennsylvania And New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · New Jersey (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1828 · New Jersey (T. Gordon, 1828) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1834 · New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1834) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1871 · Plate F. East Central Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Map Of Pennsylvania And New Jersey, 1825, covering the location of The Lehigh Canal, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map Of Pennsylvania And New Jersey, 1825, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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The Lehigh Canal

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