The Delaware Canal
Subtitle: from stone coal highway to historic landmark
By: Marie Murphy Duess.
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781596294875
Subjects: Canals -- Pennsylvania -- History; Coal -- Transportation -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century; National parks and reserves -- Pennsylvania; Delaware Canal (Pa.) -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Magic canals : past and future; title: From the bowels of the Earth; title: Josiah White's waterways; title: Locks and their keepers; title: Beside the busy canal; title: Snappers and stiffs boats; title: The mules; title: The canallers; title: Human cargo; title: The canal's worst enemy; title: Beautiful impressions; title: National historic landmark.