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Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park

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Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
Phone:
+1 609-924-5705

Address:
145 Mapleton Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540-9667

The Delaware and Raritan Canal is a canal in central New Jersey, United States, built in the 1830s, that served to connect the Delaware River to the Raritan River. It was an efficient and reliable means of transportation of freight between Philadelphia and New York City, especially coal from the anthracite fields in eastern Pennsylvania. The canal allowed shippers to cut many miles off the existing route from the Pennsylvania coal fields, down the Delaware, around Cape May, and up along the Atlantic Ocean coast to New York City.
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