Allentown- A Pictorial History

A REPOST From June 15, 2011

Central Railroad of NJ, Race & Hamilton Streets, Allentown (1971)
1890 initial construction. It at one time displayed a Seth Thomas clock driven by counter weights.. It officially opened March 17, 1890. An addition at the rear of the building was completed in 1915. In August 1979, the building was sold

Eighth Street Bridge (August 1997)
1913 initial construction. Initially planned in 1900 as a steel truss structure over the Little Lehigh Creek, the final result, built more than a decade later, represents the financial collaboration between the Allentown Bridge Company's founders and Harry Trexler, owner of Lehigh Portland Cement Company.

Lock 40 At Keck's Park (1979)
1829 initial construction by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. It is the second of eight locks in the long 11.1 mile section. This lock is at the head of the long 2.9 mile level to Lock 41, the longest level on the canal.

Germania Brewery, Front & Gordon Streets (1979)
1878 initial construction. Benedict Nuding built the Germania Brewery of South Seventh Street, at the rear of the hotel of this name, with a capacity of 4,000 barrels, and conducted it until 1900.

Then Lewis F. Neuweiler became associated with him and they traded under the name of Nuding-Neuweiler Brewing Company until 1900. The capacity was increased to 20,000 barrels a year.

Neuweiler purchased Nuding's interest and substituted his two sons, Charles and Louis, Jr., in his place under the name of L.F. Neuweiler and Sons

Owing to their rapidly increasing trade, a block-square of land was secured at Front and Gordon Streets in 1911, when a new plant was started, thoroughly equipped with the latest and best machinery and completed by April, 1913; and they moved to their new quarters on April 28. They employed 40 hands. Their annual capacity was 50,000 barrels.

The bottling department was started in 1906 with a daily capacity of 100 barrels. In 1934 an addition was built to the bottling house along Front Street.

The firm declared bankruptcy in 1967 and production ceased the following year.

Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River (1979)
1829 initial construction. It was part of the Lehigh Canal. The V-shaped, wooden and rock crib dam provided all the water needed to operate the canal's Section 7 which passes through Allentown and Bethlehem. It was acquired by the city in 1964 from Lehigh Coal & Navigation.

TOWPATH AND CANAL LOCK AND FISH LADDER UNDER CONSTRUCTION
(October 1982)

DAMAGE INCURRED BY FLOODING AND ICE IN MARCH 1979

All Above Text Descriptions And
Pictures Are From The Library Of Congress