Walnutport in Northampton County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Lehigh River

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 6, 2015

1. Lehigh River Marker

Inscription. 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.

Erected 2008 by Northern Lehigh Future Focus.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1818.

Location. 40° 45.172′ N, 75° 36.098′ W. Marker is in Walnutport, Pennsylvania, in Northampton County. It is on Lehigh Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Walnutport PA 18088, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Lehigh Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Floating From Mine to Market (a few steps from this marker); Lehigh Canal (within shouting distance of this marker); Anchor Hotel (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Walnutport (about 600 feet away);

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Pennsylvania House Slate Exchange Hotel (about 700 feet away); Slate Industry (approx. 0.2 miles away); Lehigh Valley Railroad Station (approx. 0.2 miles away); Kern Settlers (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Walnutport.

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 6, 2015

2. Lehigh River Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 491 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 15, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.