Lehigh River - Walnutport PA
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Don.Morfe
N 40° 45.172 W 075° 36.098
18T E 449213 N 4511497
Once owned by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, the Lehigh River was the only privately owned river in the United States.
Waymark Code: WM12HAQ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2020
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Once owned by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, the Lehigh River was the only privately owned river in the United States. In 1818 the Pennsylvania Legislature gave the company the right to make the river navigable for the transportation of coal. The company’s leaders, Josiah White and Erskine Hazard, helped develop a system of dams, bear trap locks, and canals to aid in the transportation of coal. The industrial revolution was fueled by the hundreds of thousands of tons of coal and other raw materials transported down the river to Philadelphia.
Group that erected the marker: Northern Lehigh Future Focus.
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Lehigh Street
Walnutport, PA USA
18088
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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