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Article: FLOAT BOAT HISTORY ON THE DELAWARE CANAL
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 3, 2006
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NEW HOPE, Pa. - In the 1800s, canals were a common means of
transporting natural resources to urban areas. Today, the 60-mile
Delaware Canal in eastern Pennsylvania is the country's only
remaining continuously intact canal from that era, offering a
fascinating step back in American history.
The most famous historic spot along the canal is Washington
Crossing State Park and the site from which George Washington made
his famous Delaware River crossing. But before jumping in the car to
drive there from New Hope, where my husband and I were staying for a
family event, we decided to first leave the driving to Dolly and Dot.
For an hour, the two mules pulled our barge up the canal and back
while ...