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  [Entrance to the inlet lock of the Delaware Canal Basin at Bristol]

  Up to 21 canal barges would be tied together and pulled by a tug boat (like this one) down the Delaware River to Philadelphia. The “O” symbol on the barges in this photograph identify them as belonging to the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company.

  Tags Bristol Borough, Delaware Canal, Delaware River, transportation