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Lehigh Canal, Guard Lock 5, 2.4 miles upstream from Cementon-Northampton Bridge in Allen Township, Treichlers, Northampton County, PA

Lehigh Canal, Guard Lock 5, 2.4 miles upstream from Cementon-Northampt...

Significance: 22 by 100 foot guard lock constructed in 1829 by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. The first of five locks in the 3.8 mile Section Five between the Slate Dam and the outlet lock below Hoken... More

Lehigh Canal, Guard Lock 5, 2.4 miles upstream from Cementon-Northampton Bridge in Allen Township, Treichlers, Northampton County, PA

Lehigh Canal, Guard Lock 5, 2.4 miles upstream from Cementon-Northampt...

Significance: 22 by 100 foot guard lock constructed in 1829 by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. The first of five locks in the 3.8 mile Section Five between the Slate Dam and the outlet lock below Hoken... More

Lehigh Canal, Guard Lock 5, 2.4 miles upstream from Cementon-Northampton Bridge in Allen Township, Treichlers, Northampton County, PA

Lehigh Canal, Guard Lock 5, 2.4 miles upstream from Cementon-Northampt...

Significance: 22 by 100 foot guard lock constructed in 1829 by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. The first of five locks in the 3.8 mile Section Five between the Slate Dam and the outlet lock below Hoken... More

Lehigh Canal, Slate Dam, Lehigh Canal opposite Laury's Station in Allen Township, Treichlers, Northampton County, PA

Lehigh Canal, Slate Dam, Lehigh Canal opposite Laury's Station in Alle...

Significance: Originally built in 1829, the dam has been several times rebuilt, most recently in 1902 after it was carried away in the great flood of 1902 on February 28th of that year. In 1955 the dam was bre... More