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East Mauch Chunk, across the river, connected by electric railway, by the Lehigh Valley railway. The borough lies in the valley of the Lehigh river, along which runs one of its few streets and in another deeply cut valley at right angles to the river; through this second valley east and See also:

west runs the See also:

main See also:

street, on which is an electric railway; parallel to it on the See also:

south is High Street, formerly an Irish See also:

settlement; See also:

HALF

half way up the steep See also:

hill, and on the See also:

north at the See also:

TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of the opposite hill is the See also:

ward of Upper Mauch Chunk, reached by the electric railway. An incline railway, originally used to transport coal from the mines to the river and named the " Switch-Back," now carries tourists up the steep slopes of See also:

MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Pisgah and Mount See also:

Jefferson, to See also:

SUMMIT

Summit Hill, a See also:

rich See also:

ANTHRACITE (Gr. avOpaE, coal)

anthracite coal region, with a famous " burning mine," which has been on See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire since 1832, and then back. An electric railway to the top of Flagstaff See also:

Mountain, built in 1900, was completed in 1901 to Lehighton, 4 M. south- east of Mauch Chunk, where coal is See also:

MINED

mined and See also:

SILK

silk and stoves are manufactured, and which had a See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population in 1900 of 4629, and in 19x0 of J316. Immediately above Mauch Chunk the river forms a horseshoe; on the opposite See also:

side, connected by a See also:

BRIDGE

bridge, is the borough of East Mauch Chunk (pop. 1900, 3458; 1910, 3548); and 2 M. Up the river is Glen Onoko, with See also:

FINE

fine falls and cascades. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal buildings in Mauch Chunk are the county See also:

court See also:

house, a county See also:

GAOL, or JAIL

gaol, a See also:

Young Men's See also:

Christian Association See also:

BUILDING

building, and the Dimmick Memorial Library (189o). The borough was See also:

long a famous See also:

SHIPPING

shipping point for coal.

It now has ironworks and foundries, and in East Mauch Chunk there are silk See also:

mills. The name is See also:

INDIAN

Indian and means " See also:

Bear Mountain," this See also:

ENGLISH

English name being used for a mountain on the east side of the river. The borough was founded by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company in 1818. This company began in 1827 the operation of the "Switch-Back," probably the first railway in the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country to be used for transporting coal. In 1831 the See also:

TOWN

town was opened to individual enterprise, and in 1850 it was incorporated as a borough. Mauch Chunk was for many years the See also:

home of See also:

Asa See also:

PACKER, ASA (1805-1879)

Packer, the projector and builder of the Lehigh Valley railroad from Mauch Chunk to Easton.

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