Details
Title Mauch Chunk, PA canal [graphic] / E.S.H.
Publisher [Mauch Chunk, Pa.]
Publisher PA. Mauch Chunk. 1859
Date Aug. 15, 1859
Physical Description 1 drawing : pencil ; sheet 25 x 22 cm (9.5 x 8.75 in.)
Description Sketch depicting a bird’s eye view probably of the Lehigh Canal in Mauch Chunk, Pa. Depicts two boats, each with one man, being pulled with ropes by mules along the canal that runs through a valley. The boats also hold material that is probably coal. View also shows trees growing on the hillside bordering the canal, and in the left background, rail cars moving on the tracks towards wooden buildings along the waterway. Mauch Chunk was founded in 1818 and changed its name to Jim Thorpe in 1955. The Lehigh Canal opened in 1829 and ran until the 1930s.
Notes Title and date from manuscript note written on verso: Mauch Chunk, PA Canal, Augt 15th, 1859.
Artist’s initials written on verso: E.S.H.
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Subject Boats -- Pennsylvania -- Mauch Chunk.
Canals -- Pennsylvania -- Mauch Chunk.
Mules -- Pennsylvania -- Mauch Chunk.
Railroad cars -- Pennsylvania -- Mauch Chunk.
Railroad tracks -- Pennsylvania -- Mauch Chunk.
Rivers -- Pennsylvania -- Mauch Chunk.
Geographic subject Lehigh River (Pa.)
Mauch Chunk (Pa.)
Genre Landscape drawings -- 1850-1860.
Pencil drawings -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.2]
Accession number P.2019.62.2