Question: What do Chemung Canal and Lehigh Canal have in common?

Context articles: Chemung County Historical Society
Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division)
Belvidere Delaware Railroad
Junction Canal
Lehigh Valley Railroad Station (Ithaca, New York)
Chemung Canal Bank Building
Lehigh Canal
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Chemung Canal Trust Company
Chemung Canal

The Chemung County Historical Society is headquartered in the historic Chemung Canal Bank Building in Elmira, New York.
 It is dedicated to the collection, preservation, and presentation of the history of the Chemung River Valley region.
 The society was founded in 1923 and first chartered by New York State in 1947.
 It is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, and currently operates two cultural repositories, the Chemung Valley History Museum and the Booth Library, both as non-profit educational institutions.
The Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal, more commonly called the Delaware Canal, runs for 60 mi parallel to the right bank of the Delaware River from the entry locks near the mouth of the Lehigh River and terminal end of the Lehigh Canal at Easton south to Bristol.
 At Easton, which today is the home of The National Canal Museum, the Delaware Canal also connected with the Morris Canal built to carry anthracite coal to energy starved New Jersey industries.
 Later, with a crossing-lock constructed at New Hope, the New Hope 'outlet lock' (1847) connected by Cable Ferry to a feeder navigation/canal at Bull's Island along the opposite shore from Lumberville, which ran over 22 mi south along the left bank through Trenton to Bordentown, the west end of the Delaware and Raritan Canal (1834) to New York City via New Brunswick.
 as part of the solution to the United States' first energy crisis.
 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania built the Delaware canal to feed anthracite stone coal to energy-hungry Philadelphia as part of its transportation infrastructure building plan known as the Main Line of Public Works—a legislative initiative creating a collection of self-reinforcing internal improvements to commercial transportation capabilities.
The Belvidere Delaware Railroad (Bel Del, 1851–1871) was a railroad running along the eastern shore of the Delaware River from Trenton, New Jersey north via Phillipsburg, New Jersey to the small village of Manunka Chunk, New Jersey.
 It became an important feeder line for the Lehigh Valley Railroad's join to the Central Railroad of New Jersey, which was constructed into Phillipsburg, NJ at about the same time.
 This connected Philadelphia and Trenton, NJ at one end of the shortline railroad to the rapidly growing lower Wyoming Valley region, and via the Morris Canal or the CNJ, a slow or fast connection to New York City ferries crossing New York Harbor from Jersey City, NJ.
 In 1871 the CNJ leased various railroads in Pennsylvania, most from the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company allowing the CNJ to penetrate to the upper Wyoming Valley, over some stretches, competing directly with the Lehigh Valley Railroad and with the Lehigh Canal and the trunk road connection of the Belvidere Delaware Railroad to New York became less profitable since Philadelphia connected more easily to Northeastern Pennsylvania thereafter without needing a double-crossing of the Delaware River; a general revenue decline ensued, leading to the Pennsylvania Railroad acquiring the rights, where it served as part of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) system, carrying mainly anthracite coal and iron ore from northeastern Pennsylvania to population centers along the coast.
The Junction Canal was a canal in the states of New York and Pennsylvania in the United States.
 The canal was also called the Arnot Canal, after the name of its principal stockholder, John Arnot of Elmira, New York.
 The canal was built and operated by a private stock company.
 The canal was partly open in 1854, but the entire length was not finished until 1858.
 The completed canal was 18 mi long and had 11 locks.
 Then intent was to lengthen the reach of the Chemung Canal deeper into Pennsylvania in order to connect to the canal systems there.
 Competition with railroads led to diminished use of the canal.
 In 1865 the canal was severely damaged by a flood.
 In 1866, the stock company was authorized to change its name to the "Junction Canal and Railroad Company," and work commenced in constructing a railroad on its right of way.
 The canal was last used in 1871, and was then abandoned.
Lehigh Valley Railroad Station is a historic railway station located at Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York.
 The Passenger Station and Freight Station were designed by local architect A. B. Wood and built in 1898 by the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
 The Passenger Station is a Classical Revival structure with a Romanesque feeling.
 It is a massive square building with extensions and sheltering roofs for baggage operations.
 At one corner is the entrance marquee and a four sided street clock mounted in a Corinthian column.
 The main waiting room section has a hipped roof and features a pedimented porte cochere.
 The Freight Station is a long, gray painted frame building with a two story clapboarded section and a long freight storage part.
 It was used as a passenger station until 1961 and, in 1966, was converted for use as a restaurant.
 In 2012, the building is a branch office of Elmira's Chemung Canal Trust Company.
The Chemung Canal Bank Building is located at 415 East Water Street in Elmira, Chemung County, New York, United States.
 It is thought to be the oldest commercial building in Elmira.
 The Chemung Canal opened in 1832 and construction on the bank building began the same year.
 In 1833 the bank moved into the new building and the Chemung Canal Trust Company was chartered to deposit cash and supply capitol and credit.
 The building continued to house the bank for seventy-six years.
 For the following fifty-six years it was home to various local law offices.
 From 1976 forward, it has been owned by the Chemung County Historical Society.
 The building is significant for its period architecture and its place in the history of the area.
 It was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The Lehigh Canal or the Lehigh Navigation Canal is a 'navigation' type canal.
 The canal begins at the mouth of Nesquehoning Creek on the Lehigh River in Eastern Pennsylvania.
The Delaware & Lehigh Canal National and State Heritage Corridor (D&L) is a 165 mi National Heritage Area in eastern Pennsylvania in the United States.
 It stretches from north to south, across five counties and over one hundred municipalities.
 It follows the historic routes of the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad, Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Lehigh Navigation, Lehigh Canal, and the Delaware Canal, from Bristol (northeast of Philadelphia) to Wilkes-Barre in the northeastern part of the state.
 The backbone of the Corridor is the 165 mi D & L Trail.
 The Corridor's mission is to preserve heritage and conserve green space for public use in Bucks, Northampton, Lehigh, Carbon, and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania.
 It also operates Hugh Moore Historical Park & Museums, which includes the National Canal Museum.
Chemung Canal Trust Company is a New York State chartered trust company based in Elmira, New York, USA.
 It was founded as a publicly traded bank in 1833.
 In 1857, the Arnot family gained control of the bank and operated a private family bank until 1903, when the bank again became publicly owned.
 Originally housed in the Chemung Canal Bank Building, the bank moved to 129 East Water Street in 1920, and then to its current home at One Chemung Canal Plaza in 1971 .
The Chemung Canal is a former canal in New York, United States.
 The canal connected Seneca Lake at Watkins Glen to the Chemung River at Elmira, New York.
 It was planned to connect the Finger Lakes region and Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River watershed with New York's Erie Canal system.
 The latter connected the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and ultimately the Atlantic port of New York City.