Ten minutes later, the gate is opened a second foot. Releases are stepped to avoid a sudden wall of water that could trap an unwary fisherman.The operator noted that so far, the summer of 2010 has ...

One of the nice things about downtown Rochester is that it's easily navigable by car or foot; it's all of 1 1/2 miles from one end to the other. That means that whether you're visiting for a festival, ...

The Lehigh Valley set a new precipitation record for May 1 through 28, recording 8.71 inches of rain during the period, according to data from the National Weather Service. The previous record of ...

Speaking of those mansions, the Asa Packer Mansion stands as testament to the fortunes made from the gorge’s resources. This National Historic Landmark, built by the founder of Lehigh University and ...

The iconic stone courthouse and clock tower anchor downtown Jim Thorpe, where history isn’t just preserved—it’s lived in daily. Photo credit: Interesting Pennsylvania and Beyond The story goes that ...

“The ground on which the park is located is owned by the Lehigh Valley Railroad co. For some time past, the coal seams beneath the park have been mined by the Lehigh Valley Coal Co.

Wilbur, the nephew of Lehigh Valley Railroad founder Asa Packer, took over the railroad after Packer’s death. and ran it into the 1890s. Raniere was also a design artist for the Morning Call ...

The map shows the route of the Schuylkill and Lehigh Valley Railroad from Bowmanstown (right) in Carbon County to Tremont. The line was completed with the laying of two golden spikes in 1890 and ...

A Metra train seen from the Old Depot Tower waits to depart at the Joliet Gateway Center station on Thursday. (Gary Middendorf – gmiddendorf@shawmedia/Gary Middendorf) May 12, 2023 at 5:15 am CDT ...

Around Easton a series of water powered manufacturers set up their plants. In 1840 the coal carried on the Lehigh Canal at Catasauqua powered the first commercially successful iron furnace in America.

He got control of the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill & Susquehanna Railroad and renamed it Lehigh Valley in 1851. Expanding east to compete with Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.’s canal in hauling ...

I was working as a relief railroad tower operator on the Lehigh Valley in the late steam era. It was a beautiful late-summer evening when I left an Athens, Pa., diner and began walking along North ...