Industrial History

These are notes that I am writing to help me learn our industrial history. They are my best understanding, but that does not mean they are a correct understanding.

Thursday, October 30, 2025

1800's, and newer, Canals Overview

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Interactive Canals Map Metrotrails posted A good overview of the historic canals of the northeastern United States.  As a group we have trac...
Wednesday, October 29, 2025

1829 Lehigh Canal (Navigation) Overview

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The Lehigh Canal was built to facilitate transporting anthracite coal to eastern markets. It went just to Easton, PA, on the Delaware River ...

Lehigh Canal Lock #1 in Jim Thorpe/Mauch Chunk, PA

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( Satellite ) Lehigh Canal Overview National Canal Museum posted This color postcard of Mauch Chunk, sent in 1913 to DLNHC Historian Martha’...

1877+1910 NS/N&W/Scioto Valley Railroad Bridges over Paint Creek near Chillicothe, OH

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( Archived Bridge Hunter ; Bridge Hunter returns 403; no Historic Bridges;  B&T ;  Satellite ) Ohio & Erie Canal Overview Street Vie...
Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Potomac River Tunnel - Washington DC's "Deep Tunnel"

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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District said other cities are emulating their Deep Tunnel solution to keep sewage out of the local waterway...

Closed US-66 Bridge over Meramec River at Eureka, MO

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US-66: (Archived Bridge Hunter isn't working correctly; Bridge Hunter ; Historic Bridges ; Satellite ) I-44: ( Satellite ) US-66 Overvie...
Monday, October 27, 2025

1818+1892+1929,1986 Market Street Bridges over Susquehanna River in Wilkes Barre, PA

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1818: ( Archived Bridge Hunter ; no Bridge Hunter) 1892: ( Archived Bridge Hunter ; Bridge Hunter ) 1929: ( Archived Bridge Hunter ; Bridge ...
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