Virtual Tour of the Lehigh Canal

The Lehigh Canal

The Lehigh Canal
A Virtual Tour

Old print showing canal boats being loaded with anthracite coal at Mauch Chunk

 

Bibliography

 

"Lehigh River and Canal at Jim Thorpe, PA"
Al Jagofsky
A Z Press
127 Bartain Lane
Allentown, PA 18104-9551

 

"Carbon County Canoe Expedition
Bicentennial 1776 - 1976"
Times News Printing

 

"Looking Back"
"A Pictorial of View of the Lehigh Valley
and Surrounding Counties 1850 - 1920"
The Morning Call
101 North Sixth Street
Allentown, PA 18105=1260

 

"The Central Railroad of New Jersey's
First 100 Years, 1849 - 1949, A Historical Survey"
Elaine Anderson
Center for Canal History and Technology
1984

 

"Canal Days in America
The History and Romance of Old Towpaths and Waterways"
Harry Sinclair Drago
Bramhall House New York
1972

 

"A Guide to the Lehigh Canal"
David G. Barber
Appalachian Mountain Club
Delaware Valley Chapter
North Wales, PA 19454
1972

 

"Slatington Centennial - 1964"
Slatington News Company
Slatington, PA
1964

 

"Slatington & Surrounding Communities
A Volume of History 1864-1989"
Slatington, PA
Prepared by the History Committee of the Slatington 125 Celebration
1989

 

"Lehigh County Historical Society - 1958"
Allentown, PA
1958

 

"The Lehigh Canal; A Very Short History"
John P. Miller
Carbon County Bicentennial Staff
United States
1975

 

"The Lehigh Valley; An Illustrated History"
Windsor Publications
United States
1982

 

"Smokestacks and Black Diamonds"
"A History of Carbon County, Pennsylvania"
Joan Campion
Canal History and Technology Press
Easton, PA
1997

 

"Lehigh Canal"
A Heritage Conservation and Recreational Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Superintendent of Documents
U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington D.C. 20402
1981

 

"Delaware & Lehigh Canal National Heritage Corridor
and State Heritage Park"
Management Action Plan
The Delaware & Lehigh Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission
U.S. Department of the Interior
The Pennsylvania State Heritage Parks Program
The State Heritage Parks Interagency Task Force
The National Park Service
10 East Church Street
Bethlehem, PA 18018
January, 1993



Canal Web Sites of Interest
  1. National Canal Museum
    Hugh Moore Historical Park & Museums



  2. Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor



  3. Pennsylvania's Heritage Regions
    Delaware & Lehigh Canal State Heritage Corridor



  4. Pennsylvania Canal Society



  5. Hugh Moore Historical Park & Museums



  6. Groups are boarding historic canal boats



  7. Lehigh River Canal Path



  8. North East Rails - Lehigh Canal



  9. Scripophily.com - Old Stock - The Gift of History



 

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