Mule-drawn Barge ride, Easton Pennsylvania

 
Stats and Info
Score: 25.4
Views: 1430
Member: TravlynWomyn
Your Rating
Thank You! Your rating has been saved.
Themes
Galleries

About This Image

Anthracite was delivered by barges on canals along the Delaware and Lehigh Rivers during Easton's hey day. Bethlehem Steel and the Dixie Factory were also located close by and used both canals and later, trains, to deliver their product throughout the Eastern states of the US.

This section of the Lehigh Canal has been restored to give us a feeling of what those rivermen endured for pennies a day in the late 1800's and 1900's.

The Locktender's House up on the right was also the watermen's laundry service, so the wife was kept busy indeed as often her husband and children were manning barges while she opened and closed the manual lock gates non-stop throughout the day and still provided laundry service.

Comments

Guest - Sep 08, 2007 09:11 AM EDT
Beautiful Scene! Carol
Guest - Sep 07, 2007 08:09 PM EDT
Thank you Mary, Ikka and Alex. It was an idyllic day for this visit.
Guest - Sep 07, 2007 07:25 PM EDT
A great shot,and very interesting story.
Guest - Sep 07, 2007 07:08 PM EDT
Wonderful clear, sharp and a good composition, perfect with this reflections, good dof!
Guest - Sep 07, 2007 06:04 PM EDT
Interesting and scenic capture Vicki. Thanks for the bit of history you included. It is very interesting.

Add A Comment About This Image

Comment Title:
Your Name:
Your Comment:
Please enter the text from the image in the box below: