The Delaware and Raritan Canal at Work

by Linda J. Barth

Book Overview

The Delaware and Raritan Canal connected the Chesapeake Bay with New England ports, allowing a wide variety of vessels to use the waterway and avoid the treacherous Atlantic Ocean. The unusual machinery of the canal--locks, swing bridges, aqueducts, spill gates--is depicted in detail in The Delaware and Raritan Canal at Work. The book focuses on many of the businesses that operated along the canal, including farms, food-packing companies, rubber-reclaiming...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738535974
• ISBN13: 9780738535975
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.5" x 9.2"