Along the Delaware, Below the Gap

Along the Delaware
Below the Gap, the towns and landscape below Delaware Water Gap

Delaware Water Gap seen from the Portland, Pa. side of the river. The white structure is an abandoned bridge, part of the historic Lackawanna Cut-off built in the early 1900's.

The Metropolitan-Edison Generating Station at Portland, Pa. is one of several which utilizes water from the river to cool its equipment.

The Belvedere Library still retains its Victorian trim. Many of the buildings and homes situated in this county seat of Warren County, N.J. exhibit well kept Victorian facades.

Tubers drift by a floating boat dock north of Martins Creek, Pa. At some points on the river recreational traffic of boaters, swimmers, fishermen and tubers reaches unsafe levels.

The Martins Creek Generating Station with its contemporary, cooling towers is one of the more modern generating stations along the river. During cold weather, clouds of rising water vapor can be seen 40 miles downriver.

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The bridge from Rieglesville, N.J. to Reiglesville, Pa., right, retains its small town patriotic flavor. The towns were named for Riegle Paper Mills, at one time the major employeer in the area.

The same patriotic flavor shows at the Phillipsburg town square, right, complete with Civil War mortar and memorial statue. Once the center of light and heavy industry, the town has fallen into hard times.

Hundreds of river tubes fill a crib on an early weekend morning at Point Pleasant Canoe Rentals in Point Pleasant, Pa.
Tubing, drifting down the river on a hot summer day, a recreation enjoyed by young and old alike remains a favorite activity along the river.
In recent years the increase in recreational river traffic has led to calls for additional regulation.

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	Delaware Water Gap seen from the Portland, Pa. side of the river. The white structure is an abandoned bridge, part of the historic Lackawanna Cut-off built in the early 1900's.
The Metropolitan-Edison Generating Station at Portland, Pa. is one of several which utilizes water from the river to cool its equipment.
	The Belvedere Library still retains its Victorian trim. Many of the buildings and homes situated in this county seat of Warren County, N.J. exhibit well kept Victorian facades.
Tubers drift by a floating boat dock north of Martins Creek, Pa. At some points on the river recreational traffic of boaters, swimmers, fishermen and tubers reaches unsafe levels.
	The Martins Creek Generating Station with its contemporary, cooling towers is one of the more modern generating stations along the river. During cold weather, clouds of rising water vapor can be seen 40 miles downriver.
.	The bridge from Rieglesville, N.J. to Reiglesville, Pa., right, retains its small town patriotic flavor. The towns were named for Riegle Paper Mills, at one time the major employeer in the area.
The same patriotic flavor shows at the Phillipsburg town square, right, complete with Civil War mortar and memorial statue. Once the center of light and heavy industry, the town has fallen into hard times.
	Hundreds of river tubes fill a crib on an early weekend morning at Point Pleasant Canoe Rentals in Point Pleasant, Pa. Tubing, drifting down the river on a hot summer day, a recreation enjoyed by young and old alike remains a favorite activity along the river. In recent years the increase in recreational river traffic has led to calls for additional regulation.