Delaware and Raritan Canal
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The Delaware and Raritan Canal is a canal in central New Jersey, built in the 1830s, that connects the Delaware River to the Raritan River. It was an efficient and reliable means of transportation of
A section of the canal as seen from a footbridge in 2013
The canal's terminus in New Brunswick, New Jersey
This section of the Trenton Freeway was built directly over the canal, which still flows underneath
The canal lock with a dam constructed in place of the upper gate, 2005
Intracoastal Waterway
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The Intracoastal Waterway is a 3,000-mile inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Massachusetts southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around
Delaware and Raritan Canal
…and New York City, transporting anthracite coal from eastern Pennsylvania during much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. A part of the historic Intracoastal Waterway, the canal allowed shippers to cut many miles off the existing route from the Pennsylvania Coal Region down the Delaware, around Cape May, and up the…
Intracoastal Waterway at Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2010
A section of the Intracoastal Waterway in Pamlico County, North Carolina, crossed by the Hobucken Bridge
Navigation on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, where it intersects with Bayou Perot, in the vicinity of New Orleans
Aerial photo of the Cape Cod Canal and Scusset Beach State Reservation in southeastern Massachusetts