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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Migration Internal|Migration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[US Migration Canals|Canals]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New Jersey Genealogy|New Jersey]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal|Delaware and Raritan Canal]]'' | ''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Migration Internal|Migration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[US Migration Canals|Canals]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New Jersey Genealogy|New Jersey]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal|Delaware and Raritan Canal]]'' | ||
[[Image:{{Delaware and Raritan Canal Lock Pic}}]]The '''Delaware and Raritan Canal (D&R Canal)''' in [[New Jersey Genealogy|New Jersey]] was a reliable, energy-efficient route between [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadephia]] and [[New York City, New York|New York City]] from 1834 to 1932. It also made a shorter route for boats from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthracite_coal anthracite coal] fields of eastern [[Pennsylvania Genealogy|Pennsylvania]] to reach [[New York City, New York|New York City]]. The canal reached from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raritan_River Raritan River] at [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey]] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_River Delaware River] at Trenton, [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer, New Jersey]], and then along the Delaware River to Bordentown, [[Burlington County, New Jersey|Burlington, New Jersey]]. One feeder canal stretched from Trenton northwest to Frenchtown, [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Hunterdon, New Jersey]]. The main canal from New Brunswick to Bordentown was 44 miles (71 km) long; with the feeder canals the total was 66 miles (107 km) long.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Delaware and Raritan Canal" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal (accessed 26 November 2011).</ref> <br><br> | [[Image:{{Delaware and Raritan Canal Lock Pic}}]]The '''Delaware and Raritan Canal (D&R Canal)''' in [[New Jersey Genealogy|New Jersey]] was a reliable, energy-efficient route between [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadephia]] and [[New York City, New York|New York City]] from 1834 to 1932. It also made a shorter route for boats from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthracite_coal anthracite coal] fields of eastern [[Pennsylvania Genealogy|Pennsylvania]] to reach [[New York City, New York|New York City]]. The canal reached from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raritan_River Raritan River] at [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey]] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_River Delaware River] at Trenton, [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer, New Jersey]], and then along the Delaware River to Bordentown, [[Burlington County, New Jersey|Burlington, New Jersey]]. One feeder canal stretched from Trenton northwest to Frenchtown, [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Hunterdon, New Jersey]]. The main canal from New Brunswick to Bordentown was 44 miles (71 km) long; with the feeder canals the total was 66 miles (107 km) long.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Delaware and Raritan Canal" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal (accessed 26 November 2011).</ref> <br><br> | ||