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Play a series of mini-games as you time travel to 1845, 1853, and 1912 in which you learn about historical mining, transportation, and industrial processes for a zinc smelting plant that converted a pristine landscape with vegetation to a barren moonscape.

Average playtime is 35-40 minutes.

Mystery of the Lehigh Gap is available to play in a Web browser, or on a PC or Macintosh computer.

Note: The Lehigh Gap formation video cannot be altered in the WebGL version. You can control the audio with your computer's audio settings.

For Web browser and PC and Macintosh computers:

The minimum requirements:

2.5 GHz Intel Core i3 processor, 2 GB RAM, at least 2 GB of free hard drive space

Notes:

- This content is not currently supported on mobile devices.

- Depending on your network connection, Watershed Explorers may take a minute or so to load on your computer.

- For best performance, we recommend using Mozilla Firefox web browser

- Please, disable any pop-up window blocker

⚠️ ATTENTION Mac users:

- You need to use MOZILLA FIREFOX web browser to run a lag-free experience.

Click here if you are over 18

Click here if you are under 18

Mystery of the Lehigh Gap was developed in partnership with the Lehigh Gap Nature Center, Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor National Canal Museum, Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center, and the Nurture Nature Center. This work is supported by Lehigh University Creative Inquiry.

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