The Hub in its Heyday - Weissport PA
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Don.Morfe
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The Hub in its Heyday-Weissport Lehigh Canal— 1829-1942 —As long as the Lehigh Canal prospered, so did Weissport.
Waymark Code: WM12HEA
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 05/30/2020
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The Hub in its Heyday-Weissport Lehigh Canal— 1829-1942 —As long as the Lehigh Canal prospered, so did Weissport. When the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company located its primary boatyard here, it transformed both sides of the Canal into a bustling manufacturing complex.
Look around…imagine a planning mill, blacksmith shop and covered dry dock. A boiler house with a steam engine belching smoke. A mule-powered railway for hauling boats out of the water in its heyday. Weissport had storage sheds for metal and lumber. Mules, hundreds of mules, filled nearby stables.
Residents shopped at three general stores. Two coal yards sold the Canal’s most plentiful cargo. Nearby everyone in Weissport depended upon the Canal. And the Canal depended upon the town. More than 8 out of every 10 Canal employees (except for locktenders and boatmen) lived in or near Weissport.
“Weissport though small in size…was about the liveliest place in the Lehigh Valley”
“Dr. Clarence Weiss, 1942”
Group that erected the marker: Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Main Road
in Weissport Lehigh Canal Park
Lehighton , PA USA
18235
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