History Talk with: Martha Capwell Fox: The Lehigh Navigation August 14th at 7PM

Wed. Aug. 14, 7:00 PM; Martha Capwell Fox: The Lehigh Navigation

A History talk with Martha Capwell Fox the museum and archives coordinator for the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor will do a talk about the Lehigh Navigation.
Come join us in examining the great rival to the Delaware and Hudson Canal… the Lehigh Navigation. The Lehigh was built a few years before the completion of the D&H and carried a significant amount of anthracite to tide-water: the Hudson and the Delaware. Comparing the engineering of the Lehigh to the innovations of the D&H will provide us with insights pertaining to each canal. The D&H and Lehigh were rivals and provide us with differing business models. For example the Lehigh smelted iron ore whilst the D&H never became involved in that line of business.

The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company was a prominent coal mining and shipping company first established in 1820 with the merger of the Lehigh Coal Mining Company and the Lehigh Navigation Company, both of which operated in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania beginning in 1818. The Company owned and operated an extensive system of coal mines in Pennsylvania’s Carbon and Schuylkill Counties, two canals, and several railroads and railways. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company is credited with shaping the course of the American industrial revolution in Pennsylvania, as it contributed to innovation in transportation, manufacturing, and use of natural resources.

This History Talk will be held on Wednesday, August 14th 2019 at 7 PM at the D&H Canal Park Visitor’s Center at 58 Hoag Road (just off route 209) in Cuddebackville, NY 12729. It is a benefit for The Neversink Valley Museum of History and Innovation and lite refreshments will be served. A donation of $5 for Members and $7 for Non-Members is suggested.
For more information about the museum, its mission to preserve local history or any events, call (854) 754-8870, email at nvam@frontiernet.net or visit our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Neversink-Valley-Museum-of-History-Innovation.
Photo: The Lehigh Coal Co.’s open-pit Summit Hill mine on Mauch Chunk Mountain. Pick-wielding laborers dug out coal with comparative ease since the anthracite seams were close to the surface. (Source: Archer /Richard Richardson, Memoir of Josiah White)

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