New Hope in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Delaware Canal

Photographed by Alan Edelson, June 19, 2009

1. Delaware Canal Marker

Inscription. Here are locks No. 8-11 of the 23 lift locks on this canal. New Hope also had one of the nine aqueducts and the only toll station between Bristol and Easton. Coal was the largest item of shipping.

Erected by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Delaware Canal (AKA Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal), and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series lists.

Location. 40° 21.502′ N, 74° 56.952′ W. Marker is in New Hope, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County. It is on Main Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Hope PA 18938, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named Delaware Canal (within shouting distance of this marker); Vansant House (approx. ¼ mile away); Lambertville Outlet Lock (approx. ¼ mile away in New Jersey); Aquetong Creek (approx. 0.3 miles away); New Hope Mills (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ferry Landing (approx. 0.3 miles away); Road to Monmouth Battlefield

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); Indian Logan (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Hope.

Delaware Canal - National Historic Landmark Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Alan Edelson, June 19, 2009

2. Delaware Canal - National Historic Landmark Plaque

Across the street from the Delaware Canal marker

Lock on the Delaware Canal image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Alan Edelson, June 19, 2009

3. Lock on the Delaware Canal

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2009, by Alan Edelson of Union Twsp., New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,181 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 20, 2009, by Alan Edelson of Union Twsp., New Jersey. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.