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Delaware and Raritan Canal

Index Delaware and Raritan Canal

The Delaware and Raritan Canal (D&R 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. [1]

53 relations: Anthracite, Atlantic Ocean, Barbra Streisand, Blackwells Mills Canal House, Bordentown, New Jersey, Bull's Island Recreation Area, Canal, Cape May, Colonial Park Arboretum and Gardens, Commissioners' Plan of 1811, Contributing property, D&R Canal Trail, Dam, Delaware River, East Millstone, New Jersey, Frenchtown, New Jersey, Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, Hello, Dolly! (film), Industrial Revolution, John Randel Jr., John Rutherfurd, Lake Carnegie (New Jersey), Lambertville, New Jersey, Lock (water navigation), Manville, New Jersey, Michael Crawford, Millstone River, National Register of Historic Places, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Jersey, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry, New Jersey Historical Commission, New Jersey Route 18, New York City, Outfall, Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division), Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Port Mercer Canal House, Princeton, New Jersey, Rail transport, Raritan Landing, New Jersey, Raritan River, Spillway, Steam power during the Industrial Revolution, The College of New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey, United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company, ..., United States Senate, Water stagnation, William Penn. Expand index (3 more) »

Anthracite

Anthracite, often referred to as hard coal, is a hard, compact variety of coal that has a submetallic luster.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Barbra Streisand

Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker.

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Blackwells Mills Canal House

The Blackwells Mills Canal House is located at Blackwells Mills Road and Canal Road in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, on the Delaware and Raritan Canal.

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Bordentown, New Jersey

Bordentown is a city in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.

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Bull's Island Recreation Area

The Bull's Island Recreation Area is on Bull's Island at Raven Rock along the Delaware River approximately north of Stockton, within Delaware Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

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Canal

Canals, or navigations, are human-made channels, or artificial waterways, for water conveyance, or to service water transport vehicles.

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Cape May

Cape May is a peninsula and island (divided by a narrow channel); the southern tip of the island is the southernmost point of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Colonial Park Arboretum and Gardens

The Colonial Park Arboretum and Gardens (144 acres) are gardens and an arboretum located in Colonial Park (651 acres), 150 Mettlers Road, in the East Millstone area of Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey.

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Commissioners' Plan of 1811

The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 was the original design for the streets of Manhattan above Houston Street and below 155th Street, which put in place the rectangular grid plan of streets and lots that has defined Manhattan to this day.

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Contributing property

In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic district, listed locally or federally, significant.

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D&R Canal Trail

The D&R Canal trail is a recreational trail in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Dam

A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of water or underground streams.

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Delaware River

The Delaware River is a major river on the Atlantic coast of the United States.

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East Millstone, New Jersey

East Millstone is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

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Frenchtown, New Jersey

Frenchtown is a borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

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Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey

Hamilton Township is a township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.

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Hello, Dolly! (film)

Hello, Dolly! is a 1969 American romantic comedy musical film based on the Broadway production of the same name.

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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.

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John Randel Jr.

John Randel, Jr. (1787–1865) was an American surveyor, cartographer, civil engineer and inventor from Albany, New York who completed a full survey of Manhattan Island from 1808-1817, in service of the creation of the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, which determined that New York City – which consisted at the time of only Manhattan – would in the future be laid out in a rectilinear grid of streets.

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John Rutherfurd

John Rutherfurd (September 20, 1760February 23, 1840) was an American politician and land surveyor.

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Lake Carnegie (New Jersey)

Lake Carnegie is a reservoir that is formed from a dam on the Millstone River, in the far northeastern corner of Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey.

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Lambertville, New Jersey

Lambertville is a city in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

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Lock (water navigation)

A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.

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Manville, New Jersey

Manville is a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

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Michael Crawford

Michael Patrick Smith, (born 19 January 1942) known by the professional stage name of Michael Crawford, is an English actor, comedian, philanthropist, and singer.

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Millstone River

The Millstone River is a tributary of the Raritan River in central New Jersey in the United States.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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New Brunswick, New Jersey

New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, in the New York City metropolitan area.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.

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New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is a government agency in the U.S. state of New Jersey that is responsible for managing the state's natural resources and addressing issues related to pollution.

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New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry

In the state of New Jersey, the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry is an administrative division of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

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New Jersey Historical Commission

The New Jersey Historical Commission is a government agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New Jersey Route 18

Route 18 is a state highway in the US state of New Jersey.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Outfall

An outfall is the discharge point of a waste stream into a body of water; alternatively it may be the outlet of a river, drain or a sewer where it discharges into the sea, a lake or the like.

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Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division)

The Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal, more commonly called the Delaware Canal, runs for parallel to the right bank of the Delaware River from the entry locks near the mouth of the Lehigh River and terminal end of the Lehigh Canal at Easton south to Bristol.

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Pennsylvania Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad (or Pennsylvania Railroad Company and also known as the "Pennsy") was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Port Mercer Canal House

The Port Mercer Canal House is a historic house along the Delaware and Raritan Canal.

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Princeton, New Jersey

Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, that was established in its current form on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Raritan Landing, New Jersey

Raritan Landing is a historical unincorporated community located within Piscataway Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, which was once an inland port, the farthest upstream point ocean-going ships could reach along the Raritan River, across from New Brunswick.

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Raritan River

The Raritan River is a major river of central New Jersey in the United States.

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Spillway

A spillway is a structure used to provide the controlled release of flows from a dam or levee into a downstream area, typically the riverbed of the dammed river itself.

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Steam power during the Industrial Revolution

Improvements to the steam engine were some of the most important technologies of the Industrial Revolution, although steam did not replace water power in importance in Britain until after the Industrial Revolution.

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The College of New Jersey

The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) is a public, coeducational university in the Trenton suburb of Ewing Township, New Jersey, United States.

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Trenton, New Jersey

Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County.

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U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey

U.S. Route 1 (US 1) is a United States highway which parallels the East Coast of the United States, running from Key West, Florida in the south to Fort Kent, Maine at the Canadian border in the north.

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United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company

The United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company (UNJ&CC) was a railroad company which began as the important Camden & Amboy Railroad (C&A) whose 1830 lineage began as one of the eight or ten earliest permanent North AmericanList of Earliest American RR's meant to be permanent: Lieper's, Granite Railroad, Summit Hill & Mauch Chunk, Delaware & Hudson, Mohawk & Hudson RR, Allegheny Portage RR, B&O RR railroads, and among the first common carrier transportation companies whose prospectus marketed an enterprise aimed (with a priority or principally) at carrying passengers fast and competing with stagecoaches between New York Harbor and Philadelphia-Trenton.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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Water stagnation

Water stagnation occurs when water stops flowing.

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William Penn

William Penn (14 October 1644 – 30 July 1718) was the son of Sir William Penn, and was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker, and founder of the English North American colony the Province of Pennsylvania.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal

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