. On the Lehigh Valley. The great double track scenic highway, New York and Philadelphia to Buffalo and Niagara Falls . e wasted,this refuse of the furnaces is used in makingcement and brick. CATASAUQUA â Population, 3,963; miles fromNew York ; elevation above sea level, ft. The Davies & Thomas foundry and machineplant across the river at this point is animportant industry. The old flour mill seento the right also has long been a landmark,and next to it is the new Wahnetah Silk out in bold relief are the toweringstacks of the Crane Iron Company, whereanthracite coal wa
. On the Lehigh Valley. The great double track scenic highway, New York and Philadelphia to Buffalo and Niagara Falls . e wasted,this refuse of the furnaces is used in makingcement and brick. CATASAUQUA â Population, 3,963; miles fromNew York ; elevation above sea level, ft. The Davies & Thomas foundry and machineplant across the river at this point is animportant industry. The old flour mill seento the right also has long been a landmark,and next to it is the new Wahnetah Silk out in bold relief are the toweringstacks of the Crane Iron Company, whereanthracite coal was first used in manufactur-ing iron. Catasauqua station proper is nowreached, and still to the right and across theriver a number of industrial plants line thebank of the canal for some distance. Connec-tion is here made with the Catasauqua &-=>Fogelsville Railroad leased by the Philadelphia&^ Reading Railway. HOKENDAUQUAâ This town is an offshoot of Catasauqua,because Iron is King, and demands spacefor this powerful development. The finelyequipped worksof the ThomasIron Companyare here COPLAYâPopulation, 1,581. The cement center of the Lehigh large works on the left above the stationare the cement works. Connection made Jiereluith the Ironton Railroad for Egypt, and Oreficld. CEMENTONâ The cement industry has of late years flour-ished greatly here, and from this the townderives its present name. LAURYS â miles from New York; elevationabove sea level, 330 ft. The center of a rich farming district and anoted and select summer resort. The islandto the right has become one of the bestknown and most popular picnic grounds inthis part of the State. CHERRY FORDâROCKDALE â The last named, center of an agriculturaldistrict. This point has some historical in-terest, from the fact that the opposite sideof the river was the favorite camping groundof the Indians e)i route to and from the wig-wams of the Delawares on the flats at Phil
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