Delaware and Raritan Canal: Difference between revisions

In 1830 construction of a railroad was started in the same area as the canal. To prevent competition of the canal and railroad from driving each other out of business the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_New_Jersey_Railroad_and_Canal_Company two concerns were eventually merged]. In 1855 tracks also were laid near the feeder canal known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvidere_Delaware_Railroad Belvidere-Delaware Railroad]. In time the faster railroads took business from the canal. The last profitable year for the canal was 1892. However, the D&amp;R Canal remained open until 1932. Following its closure to cargo traffic it was turned into one of [[New Jersey|New Jersey]]'s most beloved [http://www.dandrcanal.com/park_index.html parks].<ref name="D&RC" />  

=== Canal Route  ===

The migration routes connected at the southeast end of the '''Delaware and Raritan Canal''' in [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania]] included:  

:*Delaware River pre-historic  

:*Minsi Path pre-historic  

The migration pathways connected at the northeast end of the '''Delaware and Raritan Canal''' in [[New York City, New York|New York City]] included:  

:*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River Hudson River] a navigable river stretching from north of [[Albany, New York|Albany]] then flowing south to empty into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean Atlantic Ocean] at [[New York City, New York|New York City]]  

:*[[Great Shamokin Path]] a pre-historic Indian path from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island Long Island] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Erie Lake Erie] mostly in [[Pennsylvania]]  

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