{"nrhp_refnum":"78002437","name":"Lehigh Canal: Eastern Section Glendon and Abbott Street Industrial Sites","other_names":["See Also:Chain Bridge"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Lehigh River from Hopeville to confluence of Lehigh and Delaware Rivers","address_restricted":false,"city":"Easton","county":"Northampton County","state":"PA","lat":40.66495807200005,"lon":-75.24460402626295,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-10-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A linear canal section and associated industrial sites along the Lehigh River in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, comprising the lower Easton section of the Lehigh Canal from Hopeville to the confluence of the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers, with locks, dams, lock keepers' houses, and the ruins of the Glendon Iron Works, Lucy Furnace and Abbott Street industrial areas.","why_significant":"The canal was built to carry anthracite coal from the Mauch Chunk mines to Easton for shipment to Philadelphia and New York, and the nomination links it to the growth of the Lehigh Valley and its industry. The Glendon and Abbott Street sites are described as ruins of intensive 19th-century iron, mill and manufacturing activity that developed along the canal's water power and commerce.","narrative":"Along the Lehigh River in Easton, the eastern section of the Lehigh Canal runs from Hopeville to the point where the Lehigh meets the Delaware. Construction began in 1819 and through navigation opened in 1829, with commercial traffic ending in 1931. The section includes locks 46, 47 and 48, guard lock and dam number 8, a chain bridge built in 1856-1857 by E. A. Douglas, and several lock keepers' houses. Canal boats were mule-drawn and carried mostly anthracite coal, often 80 to 100 tons per load. Beside the canal, three industrial areas grew up. The Glendon Iron Works, begun in 1843 by Charles Jackson, Jr. of Boston, had four blast furnaces. The Lucy Furnace and the Abbott Street area, with mills, a wire factory, a cotton factory and a rifle factory, were also active through the nineteenth century. Only foundations and ruins survive at these sites today.","period_of_significance":"1829-1931","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Canal basin and towpaths in good condition at several points; industrial areas are ruins with foundations remaining; Easton section owned and developed as a park by the City of Easton.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.323877-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002437.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995371","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/northampton-county/lehigh-canal-eastern-section-glendon-and-abbott-street-industrial-sites-78002437/"}