Delaware Canal

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

PA 32, 2.3 miles N of Washington Crossing at Jericho Creek (Missing)

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The highway crosses the canal midway in a level extending from the locks near Yardley to those at New Hope. Nearby is the Jericho Creek aqueduct, one of nine such structures in the 60-mi. canal from Bristol to Easton.

This sign is no longer standing.

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USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection

Historical maps covering this location

1924 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1924 · New York-Philadelphia District. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1943 · Lambertville, Pennsylvania (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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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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