Delaware Canal

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

Bucks County · dedicated 1949 · PA 32 (River Rd./S Main St.), just N of PA 232 (Windy Bush Rd.), New Hope

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Opened from Bristol to this place in 1831; and completed to Easton in 1852. Outlet lock to the river built here in 1834. The near-by River House, built 1794, was a popular barge stop on the canal.

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Delaware Canal

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