7.18a.082

Canal basin for the Delaware Lehigh Canal exit in Bristol PA. Also shown is Canal Lock #2, the first lock after the Lock #1 tidal lock to the Delaware River. The structure shown was one of the original mills of Bristol started by Samuel Carpenter in 1701 at the foot of Pond Street.

From Martha Capwell-Fox, National Canal Museum: “This is Lock 1. The tide lock was never designated lock 1.”

1909

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