What is the Delaware channel?

Canal is an artificial waterway located in East Pennsylvania in the United States. It extends 60 miles (about 96 kilometers) from Bristol to Easton. The channel runs parallel to the Delaware River and more than half of its length is located in Bucks County. In the channel, there were bones to distribute anthracite coal and other goods in the 18th and early 20th century. During its busiest years, more than four million tonnes of coal have moved on approximately 3,000 boat trips a year.

The construction of the channel began in 1827 and was completed in 1832. Most of the workforce consisted of immigration workers, mostly Irish origin. Hands dug a channel for less than $ 1 US dollars (USD) a day and produced and produced another quarter of $ 1 (25 cents) for each tree stump they removed from the ground. Many men died during construction, some in accidents, others after the closure of cholera.

Delaware channel has 24 locks. As a lift driven Water, the locks lifted and lowered ships over 165-stop (about 50meters) difference in altitude between the northern and southern ends of the canal. After the reconstruction of $ 1.2 million in 2005, only one chateau remains.

originally the locks were narrow, only 11 feet wide (about 3.4 meters) and allowed only one ship to go through. The impatient boatrs who wanted to complete their way and gather their reward have sometimes ended up in Fist Fights to determine who would first enter the castle. In 1852, when the toll was 2 cents at some castles, some locks were raised to 22 feet (almost 7 meters). The extension of the locks helped to reduce the fighting between the boatrs, increase the traffic flow and increase the toll collections, according to friends canal.

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coal distributed by the Delaware channel came from Western Pennsylvania. It was sent to Lehigh Canal And to Easton. From there, he traveled to Bristol south to Delaware. From Bristol, coal was delivered across the river to Philadelphia, about 20 miles (about 32 kilometers). Or, afterWhich was the ultimate goal of New Jersey, the ships crossed the Delaware River to Raritan Canal through the chateau located in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

The meaning of the channel began to disappear with the rise of railways. In 1931, his last year of operation, the channel lost money and worked in red. Five years later, the flood caused significant damage to the channel.

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channel changed their hands several times. In 1940 its owner donated it to the Pennsylvanian community. Today, the Delaware channel is used for recreation and to attract tourism. The channel is the landmark of the national heritage and towing, where the mules passed next to the canal and pulled the ships, was described as a national heritage.