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THE UPPER GRAND DIYISION LEHIGH NAVIGATION
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THE HAMPTON INN AT LEHIGHTON, PA
RT 209,LEHIGHTON,
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Friday, April 16-
4:00 to 6:00 pm Registration-HamptonInn lobby.
7:30 pm
Welcome & OrientationProgram
featuringa presentationof the Richardson
glassplate slidesby Lance Metz and
historicalviews by Gordon Peny.
Saturday,April 17- 7:00 - 7:50 am
8:00 am sharp
5:00 pm
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
Sunday,April 18
10:00- until ?
Late/ Final Registration.
ContinentalBreakfast.
Board 15 passengervansfor
excursionthru Lehigh Gorge.
Returnto Hampton Inn.
Pre dinner gatheringat Trainer's Inn.
Family Style Buffet Dinner & Evening Program
featuringMauch Chunk historians,
JohnDrury and Micheal Nonamaker.
Optionaltours:
Mauch ChunkMuseum.
Mount PisgahPlane.
WeatherlyLVRR shops.
Glen Onoko (conditionspermitting).
SwithbackGravity Railroad.
Stoddartsville19tncenturvindustrial
development
Pleasecontactthe Hampton Inn, Lehighton, @610-377-3400directly to reserveyour
room. Pleasemention PA CanalSociety to obtain a specialrate of $ 89 (+ tax), either
singleking or double Queen;deluxe continentalbreakfastincluded.Pool, fitnesscenter&
high speedinterneton premises.Trainer's Inn is next door.
PennsylvaniaCanalSociety
April 16,L7,& 18 20L0
Spring field Trip
Pleasecompletethe form below and sendon or beforeApril l0 to Bill Lampert,432 Quarry Rd.
Ottsville, Pa 18942(Phone:215 262 5506 fax: 610 841 8427)Pleaseregisterearly so we may have
enoughtransportationavailableto accommodateeveryone.
No refunds after April 10,2010
Telephone
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PCS Member: full eventpackage(including Friday Evening Presentation,
Saturdayexcursionto Stoddartsville,Lehigh Tannery,Lehigh Gorge State
Park and lunch, and SaturdayEveningbanquet& Presentation
$ 79.00perperson
PCSNon Member: sameas above
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PCS Member: Friday Evening Presentation,Saturdayexcursion
Lehigh Gorge StatePark and lunch
$ 84.00perperson
thru
$ 59.00perperson
PCS Non-Member:Friday Evening Presentation,Saturdayexcursion
thru Lehigh Gorge StatePark and lunch
$ 64.00perperson
PCS Member: SaturdayEvening banquet& Presentation
$ 25.00perperson
PCS Non Member: SaturdayEveningbanquet& Presentation
$ 30.00perperson
SundayMauch Chunk Museum,Jim Thorpe,Pa
$ 4.00perperson
Release: Each participant must sisn
The undersignedherebyreleasesthe PennsylvaniaCanalsociety,its officers and agents,including third partieswho
furnish transportationor provide accessto their land for historicalsightseeing,including but not limited to The
Commonwealthof Pennsylvania,from any and all claims, whetherof personalinjury or propertydamage,arising out of
or connectedin any way with the tours sponsoredby the Societyon April 16, 17, & 18, 2010. This releaseis freely
executedon behalf of the undersignedand the following minors over whom he or shehas guardianship.
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Program
On Friday evening,LanceMetz will presentthe RichardsonGlassplate slidesincluding
views of someof the highestlift lockseverbuilt on a towpathcanal. Theseglassplateslides
were producedin the 20's and 30's by one of our early societypioneers,GeorgeAtwell
Richardson.This is a rare presentationof an obsoletemedium valuedfor its high clarity.
Following Lance'spresentation,Gordon Perrywill presenthistoricalviews of lock ruins and
canalfeaturesas they appeartoday,and therewill be an overview of someof the siteswe
will be visitingon Saturday'sexcursion.
On Saturdaywe will boardrented15 passenger
vansfor a trip to visit lock sites,dam sites,
and many additionalpoints of interestalong the Upper Grand sectionof the trhigh
Navigation,a slackwaternavigationsystemprimarily designedto bring coal to Philadelphia.
At White Haven,we will view the remainsof the uppermostlock and dam in the system. We
will then proceedsouthwardand enterthe Lehigh National Corridor trail where we will be
escortedby Diane Madl, a memberof the Lehigh Gorge StatePark personnel.
Someof the siteswe will be viewing includethe following:
o Lock 28- in excellentcondition;with a lift of 22 feet;filling tunnelis visiblethat was
designedto reducethe time necessaryto fill lock chamberswith the
immensedimensionsof the Lehigh Canal locks.
o Lehigh Tannery-view the remainsof Lock 27 which had the highestlift (30 feet!)
on the Lehigh Navigationsystem.
- view the remainsof a tanneryoperatedby the ThomasSmall
Company,at one time the largesttanneryin the country,processing
Over 50,000hidesper year!
- view the remainsof anothermilling complex devotedto the
logging industry.
o Locks 25.24.22-massivelocksin excellentcondition!
o Mud Run- site of impressivestonearchwayfor the Lrhigh Valley Railroad.
o Rockport-the terminusof the Buck Mountain Gravity Railroad;we will seethe rock
cut tunnel,anotherfeederof coal to the Lehigh Navigation.
o PennHaven Junction& Planes-view the remainsof the steamdriven plains where
iron bandswere usedto lower coal cars to the Lehigh Navigation;also
the site of the BeaverMeadow RR junction with the Lehigh Navigation
and the siteof the only railroadstationaccessible
only by rail.
o Ox Bow Bend-pipelinebridge.
o Glen Onoko
o Lock 2 andremainsof railroadturntable.
o Additional seldomseencanalartifactswill be shown throughoutthe trip.
Upon returningto the hotel,we will meetat Trainer'sInn for the eveningbanquetand
program.JohnDrury and MichaelNunnamacher
will presenton the SwitchbackRailroad.
JohnDrury hasbeenpromotingJim Thorpe'sarchitectural
and historicallegacythru his
MauchChunk Museum,and is currentlyspearheading
a movementto bring a working
planebackto Jim Thorpe. JohnNunnamacher
is curatorat the Mauch Chunk Museum.