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Canal of the Month

Name : Delaware Canal

For archival research, contact Lance Metz, Historian, tel. 610-991-0504.
There is a $7.50 per visit fee for non-National Canal Museum members.

Location: Eastern Pennsylvania

URL: www.fodc.org

Year Built: 1831

Reason Built : "To transport anthracite coal from the Lehigh Navigation to tidewater north of Philadelphia."