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coal, but this was a later development as its confluence origin and main course easterly became far more important hosting
Railroad trackage than the Turnpike ever hoped to become. Historically, Black Creek was also known as
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Scranton, but finding they were too heavy, used them as fixed engines operating the cable winches in the cable railway parts of the system.
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to follow along Beaver Creek on its way to the mountain pass leading to
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Lausanne-Nescopeck Turnpike leg was part of a larger Lehigh and Susquehanna road network connecting Philadelphia to the southern
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Since the streambeds are masked by the town buildings within modern
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Black Creek was named because of the because of the dark background pigment in the water created by
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trees that grew alongside its banks, though that name in the present-day is given a tributary of
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Black Creek has two major tributaries joining within
Weatherly, the 7 miles (11 km) long
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Tributary of the Lehigh River in Carbon County, Pennsylvania
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Black Creek joins the Lehigh River near the community of
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How Weatherly Got Its Name, And Other Historical Facts
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