This depicts the importance of preserving the canal and the nation’s industrial and cultural heritage. This document argues in favor of conservation and how it will benefit the public.
The plans in the report are prototypes to be considered and detail community, industrial, and recreational uses for the canal and the surrounding area. This report is a proposal for how the government should preserve the area.
With a brief sight of the R & H Silk Mill, the sound of the Bushkill Creek can be heard, along with the viewing of a small dam that is found just before the property of the mill.
This item contains rough sketches of the Bushkill Creek, along with a number of notes taken by hand to accompany work done for a thesis. A detailed map of Bushkill Creek's water shed in included at the end.
A detailed account with the objective of determining the variation of water heights within the Bushkill Creek was recorded through a series of notes written by typewriter.
This is a photo showing the bridge from the corner of Easton. The image includes part of a small dam and the intersection of Lehigh and Delaware Rivers.
Group photo in the Mill. Uncertain who is an employee and who is just there from the family there for the photo. The constituents of the photo are wearing baggy clothing with content facial expressions.
Autobiography by Gus Meyner that follows his families travels from city to city and their association with the american Mill industry. The family starts in easton and moves to Phillipsburg, to Michigan and eventually to California.
First photo shows a man standing next to a large belt and wheels to which the man stands less than half the hight. The second photo shows a few men standing around open faced machinery that looks to be a part of the actual processing of the silk. The third photo shows a large open ballroom-esc part of the mill where women are doing some work by hand, and there looks to be seating for meetings or meals up on the right hand wall.