Delaware Canal

Delaware Canal is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Bucks County, dedicated 1949.

near covered bridge on Uhlerstown Hill Rd., ~ 1/4 mile west of PA 32 at Upper Black Eddy

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Uhlertown, known as Mexico at an earlier date, was named for Michael Uhler, boatbuilder and operator of a line of canal boats. Lock No. 18 and well-kept buildings are interesting reminders of canal days.

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1924 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1932 · Easton, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1943 · Frenchtown, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

New Jersey, 1927, covering the location of Delaware Canal, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New Jersey, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Delaware Canal

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