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Lehigh Gorge
Lehigh Gorge State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Luzerne and Carbon Counties, Pennsylvania. The park encompasses a gorge, which stretches along the Lehigh River from a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control dam in Luzerne County to Jim Thorpe in Carbon County. The primary recreational activity at Lehigh Gorge State Park is white water rafting. Park access There are three primary access areas for the park. The northern access point is at White Haven, just off exit 273 of Interstate 80 on Pennsylvania Route 940. This is the important northern entrance into the river cut gully or gap between highlands, and was an important barge loading transshipment point on the newly extended upper Lehigh Canal fed initially by a shortline railroad from the Mountain Top yard dating from the 1837 enabling legislation set up to join the Lehigh and Susquehanna Valleys via Mountain Top and the Ashley Planes incline railway. The central access point is near Rockport, a few miles off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio and the Ohio River to its west, Lake Erie and New York (state), New York to its north, the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east, and the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest via Lake Erie. Pennsylvania's most populous city is Philadelphia. Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 through a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of William Penn (Royal Navy officer), the state's namesake. Before that, between 1638 and 1655, a southeast portion of the state was part of New Sweden, a Swedish Empire, Swedish colony. Established as a haven for religious and political tolerance, the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Top Yard
Mountain Top yard or Penobscot yard is a rail yard in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania. It was built by the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (LC&N) in response to an 1837 bill authorizing a right of way and was established by 1840, at least as a construction camp for the Ashley Planes, in support of the construction of the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad trackage and operations to join the northern Anthracite Coal Region from barge loading docks along the Susquehanna (above and below the Navigations of the Pennsylvania Canal) in Pittston, in the Wyoming Valley, with the Lehigh Canal. History Penobscot Knob or Mount Penobscot, looming above the local terrain, was one of the last terrain obstacles to north-south travel — following after several barrier ranges in the ridge-and-valley Appalachians above the improvements to the Lehigh River, allowing water transport over 80 miles inland from Philadelphia's piers — a barrier therefore preventing west to east shipping of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidder Township, Pennsylvania
Kidder Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 1,935 at the 2010 census, up from 1,185 at the 2000 census. History On October 10, 1888, a train wreck known as the Mud Run Disaster occurred on the Lehigh Valley Railroad which runs through the township. 66 people were killed, most members of the Total Abstinence Union returning from a rally. Geography Kidder Township occupies the northern end of Carbon County and is bordered by Luzerne County to the north and west and by Monroe County to the east. It is drained by the Lehigh River, which separates it from Luzerne County. Tobyhanna Creek, a tributary of the Lehigh, forms the northern half of the township's eastern border. Its villages include Albrightsville (also in Penn Forest Township), Hickory Run, Lake Harmony, Lehigh Tannery, Leonardsville/Pocono Mountain Lake Estates, and Split Rock. Albrightsville is a census-designated place as is Holiday P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bear Creek Township, Pennsylvania
Bear Creek Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township has a total area of , making it is the largest List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, municipality (by total area) in Luzerne County. The population was 2,752 at the 2020 census. History First settlers Bear Creek was first settled in the late 18th century. The first log cabin was built in 1786 (about nine miles from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre). Bear Creek, with its abundance of trees, became the Logging, lumber king of Luzerne County. The first sawmill was built in 1800 by Oliver Helme. Many more sawmills were later constructed throughout the 19th century. Township Bear Creek was later incorporated as a Township (Pennsylvania), township; it was carved from territory taken from Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Bucks, Plains, and Jenkins (in 1856). By 1890, the community had a population of 343. In 1961, the Francis E. Walter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis E
Francis may refer to: People and characters *Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church (2013–2025) *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Francis (surname) * Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2988 Places * Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127, Saskatchewan, Canada * Francis, Saskatchewan, Canada ** Francis (electoral district) * Francis, Nebraska, USA * Francis Township, Holt County, Nebraska, USA * Francis, Oklahoma, USA * Francis, Utah, USA Arts, entertainment, media * ''Francis'' (film), the first of a series of comedies featuring Francis the Talking Mule, voiced by Chill Wills *''Francis'', a 1983 play by Julian Mitchell * Francis (band), a Sweden-based folk band * Francis (TV series), a Indian Bengali-language animated television series Other uses * FRANCIS, a bibliographic database * ''Francis'' (1793), a colonial schooner in Australia * Francis turbine, a type of water turbine See also * Saint Francis (disambiguatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Lehigh most often refers to: *Lehigh County, Pennsylvania *Lehigh University, a private research university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Lehigh may also refer to: Businesses * Lehigh & Susquehanna Turnpike (1804) a wagon road connecting Philadelphia, and other communities of the Lehigh and Delaware valleys to Western New York State and Lake Erie * Lehigh Canal (1818) a privately funded canal * Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (1818-1986) builders of the Lehigh Canal * Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company (1988–2010), a mining company * Lehigh Crane Iron Company, a US foundry in operation from 1839 to 1899 * Lehigh Defense, an ammunition maker Places Canada * Lehigh, Alberta, Canada United States * Lehigh, Illinois * Lehigh, Iowa * Lehigh, Kansas * Lehigh, Oklahoma * Lehigh, Barbour County, West Virginia * Lehigh, Wisconsin *Lehigh Canal, constructed along the Lehigh River * Lehigh County Ballpark, an athletic field in Allentown, Pennsylvania * Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania
East Mauch Chunk is a former independent borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located along the east bank of the Lehigh River on the opposite bank from the town business district, it was part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Originally in the former Township of Mauch Chunk, the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Carbon County, Pennsylvania, incorporated land on both sides of the Lehigh River into a borough by the name of The Borough of Mauch Chunk by decree of January 26, 1850, which became effective January 31, 1850. On January 21, 1854, an Act of Assembly was approved by Governor William Bigler incorporating that portion of the Borough of Mauch Chunk to the northeast of the center line of the Lehigh River into a separate borough by the name of The Borough of East Mauch Chunk. On February 16, 1954, the Boroughs of Mauch Chunk and East Mauch Chunk entered into an agreement to hold a referendum on May 18, 1954, to determine if the boroughs should be consolidate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 903
Pennsylvania Route 903 (PA 903) is a state highway located in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Carbon and Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Monroe counties in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 209 (US 209) in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, Jim Thorpe. The northern terminus is at Pennsylvania Route 115, PA 115 in Tunkhannock Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Tunkhannock Township. The route runs through rural areas of the Pocono Mountains, with an interchange with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension (Interstate 476, I-476) in Penn Forest Township, Pennsylvania, Penn Forest Township and a junction with Pennsylvania Route 534, PA 534 in Kidder Township, Pennsylvania, Kidder Township. PA 903 is a two-lane undivided road nearly its entire length, besides the I-476 intersection. The route was designated in 1928 between US 209/U.S. Route 309, US 309 in present-day Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, Jim Thorpe, and a connecting road, now PA 115, south of Blakeslee, Pennsylvan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 476
Interstate 476 (I-476) is a auxiliary Interstate Highway of I-76 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The highway runs from I-95 near Chester north to I-81 near Scranton, serving as the primary north–south Interstate corridor through eastern Pennsylvania. It consists of both the Mid-County Expressway, locally referred to as the "Blue Route", through Delaware and Montgomery counties in the suburban Philadelphia area, and the tolled, Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which connects the Delaware Valley with the Lehigh Valley, the Pocono Mountains, and the Wyoming Valley to the north. The Mid-County Expressway passes through suburban areas, while the Northeast Extension predominantly runs through rural areas of mountains, forest, and farmland, with development closer to Philadelphia and in the Lehigh Valley and the Wyoming Valley. I-476 intersects many major roads, including I-76 in West Conshohocken, I-276 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) in Plymouth Meeting, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weatherly, Pennsylvania
Weatherly is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania and is located northwest of Jim Thorpe and south of Wilkes-Barre. The population was 2,525 at the 2010 census. History Originally called "Black Creek", it received a name change to "Weatherly" in 1848. Clock-maker David Weatherly, also an executive of the Beaver Meadow Railroad, made an agreement with the town that he would build them a clock if they would rename the town "Weatherly". They changed the name of the town to Weatherly, however David Weatherly returned to Philadelphia to be treated for cancer and died before he could build the promised clock. Charles and Eurana Schwab funded the clock that was built into the clock tower on top of the town's school, but the town kept the name Weatherly. Early in the twentieth century, there were silk mills, foundries, a candy factory, a fabricating plant, and a cigar factory. In 1900, 2,471 people lived there, and in 1910 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 93
Pennsylvania Route 93 (PA 93) is a state route located in Carbon, Luzerne, and Columbia counties in northeastern Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 209 (US 209) in Nesquehoning, about halfway from PA just north of the 1800s community of Lausanne Landing, the southern toll station of the Lausanne & Nescopeck Turnpike (1804)—along whose path (east of the Susquehanna River) the highway was built. The northern terminus of the route is at PA 487 in Orangeville, the part of the road west of the Susquehanna and Berwick once being part of the Susquehanna & Tioga Turnpike (1806). The route heads northwest as an undivided road from Nesquehoning through mountainous areas, passing through Beaver Meadows. The road reaches the city of Hazleton, where it passes through developed areas and crosses PA 309. PA 93 continues through West Hazleton and becomes a divided highway before it reaches an interchange with Interstate 81 (I-81). The road becomes undivid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lehigh Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Lehigh Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 479 at the time of the 2010 census. History The area of Carbon County, Pennsylvania that is present-day Lehigh Township was considered to be part of Lausanne Township, Pennsylvania, Lausanne Township from 1808 until 1875. It was during that year that it became known as Lehigh Township. In 1808, a tract of forested land near the Lehigh River was owned by members of the Moravian Church. In 1824, Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company executives purchased the lumber rights to that land and built four sawmills, housing for its workers and a town store on the land in order to establish a lumber harvesting operation to support the company's coal barge construction efforts. That first town was known as Lowrytown; it would later be known as Rockport.Mathews and Hungerford, ''History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,'' pp. 740-741. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
