1891 Map of Easton

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Easton and Phillipsburg sit at the strategic confluence of the Lehigh River and the Delaware River, serving as a late 19th-century nexus for industrial transport. The landscape is defined by its sophisticated water and rail infrastructure, including the Morris Canal winding through Lopatcong and the Pennsylvania Canal paralleling the Delaware. These artificial waterways, alongside the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad, facilitated the heavy movement of goods through the gaps of Marble Mountain and Scotts Mountain. To the south, the engineering of the era is evident in the Musconetcong Tunnel, which pierced through Musconetcong Mountain to connect the rail lines of Bethlehem and Union. Small agricultural and milling communities like Spring Mills, Still Valley, and Lows Hollow dot the valleys between these prominent ridges, illustrating the dense settlement patterns before the dominance of modern highways.