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Delaware

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal

1874 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company Map of Cecil County & nearby Delaware
A map, from the C & D Canal Company annual report of 1874, showing Cecil County and the part of Delaware that is in the vicinity of the canal

Chesapeake City
A brief history of the town and its relationship to the canal. Current and historical photographs and information about the C&D Canal Museum

Chesapeake City
A brief history of the canal and the town.

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
A brief history and description of the canal. Current photograph.

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Description, history, construction details, current map, photos and links to related sites.

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Description, history, milestone of key events, current map and photos and links to related sites.

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
A brief history of the canal.

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
A brief history of the canal. Map, historical and current photos.

Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Scoop Wheel & Engines (1852)
Information about the 19th-century steam pumps at the (former) summit of the ship canal

Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Still Moves the Goods
A brief history of the canal and description of the canal museum.

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.; Twenty-Nine Vessels Wrecked And Sixty-Eight Stranded Injury To The Canal Peaches
Link to an 1873 N.Y.Times article about the results of a storm.

Delaware City, Delaware
Information about the restored 1829 canal lock in Battery Park

Delaware City History
A brief history of the canal. Historical photos.

Latrobe's 'Crackpot' Scheme Changed Delaware Culture Forever
A brief history of the canal. Historical photo and links to related sites.

Olde Canal Inn
History of an inn originally built in 1826 to serve travellers using the canal.

Picturing Delaware: Ocean, Bay, And Rivers
A brief history of the canal from the University of Delaware Library, with historical photographs.

The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers site, with an extensive history of the canal, map, historical and current photographs.