A Guide to the
PROPERTY OWNERS
In the VILLAGE of
HAZARDVILLE,
IN THE
TOWNSHIP OF Lower Towamensing,
CARBON COUNTY, pa.
In
1875
The village of Hazardville was named for Erskine Hazard, partner of Josiah White. White and Hazard created the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. is located just down-river from Bowman Station (now known as Bowmanstown). Henry Bowman, Jr. built a large stone house and tavern here in 1810 (shown on this map as the Kline property) and in the late 1820s a lock on the Lehigh Canal was built here. The Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad (later leased by the Central Railroad of NJ) put its right of way through here in the late 1860s, and shortly after a large coal dump was built. By the late 1890s construction had begun on the West Plant of the NJ Zinc Co., and much of the land around the village, particularly along the Lehigh River, was used for the plant. The Lehigh Canal fell out of use in the 1930s and was eventually paved over to create present day Rt. 248. The village still exists as a part of the borough of Palmerton, and many of the old stone houses still stand.
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PROPERTY
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Beltz, J. |
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Blose, I. |
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Brown, W. H. |
Coal Co |
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Hagenbach, Mrs. |
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Kauffman, C. |
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Kline, L. |
Residence |
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Lehigh Coal Co. |
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Lower, L. |
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Mankee, F. |
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Seltzor, Mrs. |
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Shaffer, W. |
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Walp, D. |
Store |
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Wartz, H. |
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