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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25U3_railroad-intersection_Weatherly-PA.html
"Built in 1850, the (inclined) planes were 1,200 feet long and 430 feet high. As a loaded car descended on one plane. it would draw an empty car up the other plane."
John Koehler, Railroad Historian, Weatherly
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25U1_lehigh-gorge-state-park_Weatherly-PA.html
Welcome to Lehigh Gorge State Park. This 4,548-acre park stretches 32 miles along the Lehigh River from the Francis E. Walter Dam in the north to Jim Thorpe in the south. Carved by the power of the Lehigh River, the park's deep gorge, steep walls …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OP9_eckley-miners-village_Weatherly-PA.html
Eckley Miners' Village opened in 1854 as anthracite coal-mining became the predominant regional industry. Homes and a company store were first established. A colliery (breaker), additional houses, churches, hotel, school and outbuildings erected i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OP8_laborers-double-dwelling_Weatherly-PA.html
Homes of the unskilled—like all workers' homes in Eckley—are simple plank and frame with clapboard on the exterior walls and plaster on the inside. The front room served as a bedroom for parents and small children. The rear kitchen had…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OO8_eckley-miners-village_Weatherly-PA.html
Founded in 1854 as Fillmore, it was renamed for noted mining engineer Eckley Coxe. It was built to house anthracite coal miners and their families, many European immigrants. Coal patch towns like Eckley were common in northeast Pa. in the late 180…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OO6_exploring-the-corridor_Weatherly-PA.html
Welcome to Delaware and Lehigh National and State Heritage Corridor, a collection of people, places and events that helped shape our great nation. Come journey through five Pennsylvania Counties bursting with heritage and brimming with outdoor adv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OO5_eckley-miners-village_Weatherly-PA.html
Anthracite coal was the heating and iron-making fuel of choice for much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Almost all the anthracite came from northeastern Pennsylvania during that time. Eckley Miners' Village was first opened in 1854 while coa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLHE_weatherly-war-memorial_Weatherly-PA.html
Dedicate to the honor and sacrifice of our men and women who served their country.
"Let none forget they gave their all and faltered not when came the call."World War I1917 - 1918Francis Deitrich · Christ J. Luhman · David G. Eroh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLFP_weatherly-civil-war-memorial_Weatherly-PA.html
Marker front:1861 - 1865Our country's crisisErectedby the citizens ofWeatherlyand vicinityA.D. 1906in memory of its nobledefendersMarker reverse:"— we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under G…