 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mumakore ehondo 1914 kusvika 1918, Lehigh akabata zvinhu zvehondo nezvinoputika paBlack Tom yayonzvimbo yechitsuwa, iyo yakanga yawanwa pamwe chete neNational Docks Railroad muna 1900. Muna 1916, kuputika kunotyisa kwakaitika panzvimbo yacho, kuchiparadza ngarava nezvivako, uye kupwanya mahwindo muManhattan. Pakutanga chiitiko chacho chakarangarirwa sengozi; kuongorora kwenguva refu pakupedzisira kwakagumisa kuti kuputika kwacho kwakanga kuri chiito chokuparadza kweGermany, uko muripo wakabhadharwa pakupedzisira muna 1979. 