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From: Nancy Janyszeski <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Getting to Easton from NJ
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:33:30 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <86.3160e0f7.306ab0cb@aol.com>


On the Jersey side ; I checked when the D&R canal completed and it was 1834.
http://www.dandrcanal.com/history.html

Pennsylvania :
The Delaware Canal is the only remaining continuously intact canal of the great towpath canal building era of the early and mid-19th century. The canal remains today with almost all of its features as they existed during its century of commercial operation.
Through its connection with the Lehigh Navigation Canal at Easton, the Delaware Canal helped to develop the anthracite coal industry in the Upper Lehigh Valley. The canals provided a convenient and economical means of transporting coal to Philadelphia, New York and the eastern seaboard.

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/delawarecanal.aspx#history

What we had back then was Easton Road today's route 611 from City Hall in Philadelphia north of Easton.

Many stage coach stops along the way , many still standing and some are still in operation, as restaurants and B&B's.



wrote:


Mary Jo,
Yes, but were there trains before 1795? My grandfather was a conductor
on a train in Bucks Co (the Reading RRD) when it was pretty new and this was
about 1825. Maybe some other RR's were earlier though.
Diane in CO

In a message dated 9/26/2005 11:19:35 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
writes:

Being from out of town, you may not know that a well-utilised train line
used to go up the Delaware River. Lambertville had a station, as well as
Easton. Many people from small towns in NJ used to do a semi-annual
shopping trip to the 'big city', i.e. Easton. It was a real occasion.







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