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The road heads northwest before turning to the north, continuing through dense forests. PA 42 passes through wooded areas with a few homes, curving more to the northeast and becoming Eagles Mere Avenue. The road turns to the east and enters the borough of Eagles Mere, passing through residential areas to the south of Eagles Mere Lake. The route ...
The road crosses the Catawissa Creek into the borough of Catawissa and becomes Mill Street, heading northwest into residential areas. PA 42 splits from PA 487 by heading west-northwest on Main Street, with PA 487 continuing north-northeast onto North 4th Street, passing more homes.
Catawissa Railroad map as of 1895. The original company was chartered as the Little Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad in 1831. [1] It planned to build a rail line between Tamanend (also called Little Schuylkill Junction; west of Tamaqua) and Milton. The principals in the company included Christian Brobst and Joseph Paxton of Catawissa.
The road turns northwest and runs parallel to the Catawissa Creek through rural areas, heading into Main Township and becoming Mainville Drive. The route winds northwest before it and the creek turn to the north and pass through a forested gap between Catawissa Mountain to the west and Nescopeck Mountain to the east. [2] [4] PA 339 reaches ...
Catawissa is a borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Susquehanna Valley in Pennsylvania. It is part of the Susquehanna Valley in Pennsylvania. The population was 1,539 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ]
The tributaries occupy seven United States Geological Survey quadrangles: Catawissa, Shumans, Nuremberg, Conyngham, Ashland, Shenandoah, and Delano. Most of the tributaries are within several hundred meters of a road for at least part of their lengths. [3] The tributaries of Catawissa Creek have pHs ranging from 4.4 to 7.4.
Historically, a road known as the Mine Gap Road climbed up Catawissa Mountain. [3] In the past, a road led from the valley of the Schuylkill River to Catawissa via the southern part of the mountain. The Reading Road also passed from Catawissa to Philadelphia via the mountain. [14] Colliers in the 1800s used the forests of Catawissa Mountain to ...
A road known as Scotch Valley Drive follows the stream's general direction up valley of the stream. [4] A road known as LR 19015 also runs alongside to the stream for some distance. [11] An ephemeral natural pool system is located in the vicinity of Scotch Run. In the past, a reservoir was created on the stream by damming it. In the 21st ...