Lehigh Canal, Lock 44, North end of Freemansburg Borough, Freemansburg, Northampton County, PA
Summary
Significance: The lock was constructed in 1829 by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. The adjacent two and one-half story lockhouse (title is in dispute at present) is believed to be the last original locktender's house surviving on the canal.
Survey number: HAER PA-140
Building/structure dates: 1829 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Stott, Peter H, historian
Derr, C W, historian
Location
Freemansburg, 40.62649, -75.34573
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html