Near Rockport Road, 1 mile east of South Lehigh Gorge Drive.
How a Lock Works 1. Upper valves are opened and water in lock is raised to level of upstream canal. Upper gate is lowered and boat enters lock. Upper gate is closed. 2. Valves in lower gates are opened, allowing water to empty from . . . — — Map (db m153402) HM
Near Rockport Road, 1 mile east of South Lehigh Gorge Drive.
”This is one of the worst wrecks ever in the country, because you had wooden cars. They were prone to 'telescoping,' or collapsing when they were hit from behind by an 'iron horse.'” —John Koehler Railroad Historian, Weatherly Mud Run is the . . . — — Map (db m153401) HM
Eckley Miners’ Village opened in 1854 as anthracite coal-mining became the predominant regional industry. Homes and a company store were first established. A colliery (breaker), additional houses, churches, hotel, school and outbuildings erected in . . . — — Map (db m89684) HM
Near Rockport Road, 1 mile east of South Lehigh Gorge Drive.
”On June 10, 1838, a boat laden with forty tons of merchandise was carried through the Lehigh navigation from Mauch Chunk to White Haven in fourteen hours, and drawn by one set of horses, and that the locks on said navigation are of a capacity . . . — — Map (db m153403) HM
On East Main Street at Spring Street on East Main Street.
Marker front:
1861 - 1865
Our country's crisis
Erected
by the citizens of
Weatherly
and vicinity
A.D. 1906
in memory of its noble
defenders
Marker reverse:
"— we here highly resolve that these dead . . . — — Map (db m32078) HM
On East Main Street at Spring Street on East Main Street.
Dedicate to the honor and sacrifice of our men and women who served their country.
"Let none forget they gave their all and faltered not when came the call."
World War I
1917 - 1918
Francis Deitrich •
Christ J. Luhman •
David G. Eroh . . . — — Map (db m32149) WM
Near Rockport Road, 1 mile east of South Lehigh Gorge Drive.
Naturalist and artist John James Audubon visited Rockport in 1829 and hiked the surrounding forests sketching native birds. Already, the transformation was in progress. "One full third of trees have already been culled," he wrote in his . . . — — Map (db m225719) HM
Near Rockport Road, 1 mile east of South Lehigh Gorge Drive.
"Since most of the land was donated to the railroads by the American public in the first place, we believe it should be returned to the public." David Burwell, President, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, 1988 A Well-Worn Path The . . . — — Map (db m225717) HM
Near Rockport Road, 1 mile east of South Lehigh Gorge Drive.
Welcome to Lehigh Gorge State Park. This 4,548-acre park stretches 32 miles along the Lehigh River from the Francis E. Walter Dam in the north to Jim Thorpe in the south. Carved by the power of the Lehigh River, the park's deep gorge, steep . . . — — Map (db m114645) HM
Founded in 1854 as Fillmore, it was renamed for noted mining engineer Eckley Coxe. It was built to house anthracite coal miners and their families, many European immigrants. Coal patch towns like Eckley were common in northeast Pa. in the late 1800s . . . — — Map (db m89664) HM
Anthracite coal was the heating and iron-making fuel of choice for much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Almost all the anthracite came from northeastern Pennsylvania during that time. Eckley Miners’ Village was first opened in 1854 while coal . . . — — Map (db m89679) HM
Welcome to Delaware and Lehigh National and State Heritage Corridor, a collection of people, places and events that helped shape our great nation. Come journey through five Pennsylvania Counties bursting with heritage and brimming with outdoor . . . — — Map (db m114643) HM
Homes of the unskilled—like all workers’ homes in Eckley—are simple plank and frame with clapboard on the exterior walls and plaster on the inside. The front room served as a bedroom for parents and small children. The rear kitchen had . . . — — Map (db m89685) HM
Construction of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, and its neighboring rectory, began early in 1861. It served the large number of recent Irish immigrants, one-fourth of the town's population. By October 25th, the altar was . . . — — Map (db m182690) HM
