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Chesapeake and
Delaware
Canal
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41st General
Report of the President and Directors of the
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Co. 1860
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76th Annual Report of the
President and Directors of the Chesapeake &
Delaware Canal Co. 1895
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85th Annual Report of the
President and Directors of the Chesapeake &
Delaware Canal Co. 1904
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89th Annual Report
of the President and Directors of the Chesapeake
& Delaware Canal Co. 1908
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A collection of the laws
relative to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal passed
by the legislatures of the states of Maryland,
Delaware, and Pennsylvania, subsequent to the year
1798 1823
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A Connected View of the Whole
Internal Navigation of the United States 1830
A description and status of construction begins on page
153.
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A Delaware Album, 1900-1930
A brief history begins on page 115.
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A Description of the Canals
and Rail Roads of the United States 1840
A brief description of the canal bagins on page 148.
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A History of the People of
the United States: From the Revolution to the Civil
War, Volume 3 1892
A brief history of the canal begins on page 471.
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A Memoir On The Rise, Progress, And
Present State Of The Chesapeake And Delaware Canal
A link to an 1827 publication.
Includes maps.
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A New Gazetteer Or,
Geographical Dictionary, of North America and the
West Indies 1832
A profile of elevations of the canal is found on page 85
and a table of distances between towns on the canal
is on page 462.
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A Short History of Chesapeake
City
A brief history of the community, including reference to
the canal.
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Address of Senator Earle, on the
Subject of a Ship Canal between the Chesapeake and
Delaware Bays
Link to an 1872 address regarding
the proposed canal.
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Address of the Board of
Directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Company 1845
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American State Papers 1834
Legislative reports on the canal appear on pages 452,
454, 726, 752 and 914.
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An Accompaniment to
Mitchells Reference and Distance Map of the United
States - 1835
A brief history and description of
the canal is found on page 248.
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Annual Report of the
President and Directors of the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal Co. 1904
The 1904 report to stockholders.
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Annual Report of the State
Engineer and Surveyor for the Year 1906
A brief history and description of the canal is on
page 1393.
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C&D Canal among busiest in
nation 
Includes a brief history of the
canal.
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C & D Canal Historical
Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Cecil
County.
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C & D Pumping Machinery
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Canal History
A brief history of the canal. Includes a
historical photo.
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Canal links past, present
Includes a brief history of the
canal.
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Canals for a Nation
A brief history of the canal begins on page 108.
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Chesapeake & Delaware
Canal
A brief history and description. Includes
current photos.
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Chesapeake & Delaware
Canal
A brief history and description of the canal.
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Chesapeake & Delaware
Canal
A brief history of the canal.
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Chesapeake & Delaware
Canal Company Stock Certificate 1884
Photograph of the certificate.
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Chesapeake & Delaware
Canal Disaster
The article begins on page 12 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, Pump
House
A set of drawings of the historical
structure and equipment, and a brief description of
their significance. The .pdf file includes a more
extensive history and description.
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Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Scoop
Wheel & Engines (1852)
Information about the 19th-century steam pumps at the
(former) summit of the ship canal
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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Description, history, construction
details, current map, photos and links to related
sites.
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Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal
Description, history, milestone of
key events, current map and photos and links to
related sites.
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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Company Stock Certificate 1850
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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
- Early History
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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal:
Gateway to the World
A video history of the canal.
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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Images
Historical photos of the canal.
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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Newspaper Stories
A sample of articles from 1824 to 1826.
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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Tablet Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Cecil
County.
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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.
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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, With
Special Reference to the Water Wheel and Chesapeake
City
Link to a brief paper tracing the
history and operation of the canal. Includes diagrams,
photographs, and other illustrations.
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Damage to the C & D Canal
The article begins on page 3 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Delaware State Library
Delaware Collections
A set of historical postcards, photos and documents.
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Digital Public Library of
America
Includes links to historical photos and documents.
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Early American Railroads
A history of the canal begins on page 634.
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Exhibit of the Shocking Oppression and
Injustice Suffered
An 1825 protest by a contractor, to
the shareholders of the company.
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General Reports on the
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
Links to reports from 1860 through 1919.
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General Report on the
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal - 1901
The 1901 report to stockholders.
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Google Newspapers
A set of historical newspaper articles which make
reference to the canal.
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History of Delaware
A brief history of the canal begins on page 108.
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History of the Waterways of
the Atlantic Coast of the United States 1983
A brief history of the canal begins on page 58.
Includes a map.
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Images of Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal
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Latrobe's 'Crackpot' Scheme Changed
Delaware Culture Forever
A brief history of the canal.
Historical photo and links to related sites.
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Letter From the Secretary of
War 1894
Includes a report on the most feasible route for the
improved canal.
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Map of the Country contiguous
to the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal - 1824
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Maritime Cecil County
A brief history, including a map and historical photos,
begins on page 61.
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Observations Respecting the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal - 1805
Facts and observations regarding the proposed canal,
presented to Congress by the authors of the Memorial.
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Old Lock Pump House
A brief history and description of the pump
house. Includes current photos and drawings
of the equipment.
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Old Lock Pump House
Includes a brief history of the site
and current photos.
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On this date: The Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal opens
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Pennsylvania Canal Society
Visits the C&D
Included in this article, which begins on page 10 of the
American Canal Society newsletter, is a brief history
and a map of the original route of the canal.
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Philadelphia and Vicinity
Historical photos of the canal are on pages 59-61.
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Philadelphia in 1824
A brief description of the canal begins on page 158.
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Producers Versus Capitalists:
Constitutional Conflict in Antebellum America
The canal vs. the railroads, as an example of conflicts
in fiscal policies in the early 19th century, begins on
page 110.
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Report of the 1844 Select Committee
Link to a report on allegations of
illegal and excessive tolls charged for travel via the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
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Report of the committee to
whom was referred the memorial of the president and
directors of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
Company 1813
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Searching for Federal Aid:
The Petitioning Activities of the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal Company
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Section
of the Northern Course of the Canal From the Tide in
the Elk River at Frenchtown to the Forked [Oak] in
Mr. Rudulph's Swamp
An 1803 map of a section of the
canal.
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Senate Documents, Otherwise
Publ. as Public Documents and Executive Documents
1816
A U.S. Senate report regarding seeking federal aid to
contruct the proposed canal is found on page 38..
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The American Farmer Vol. X
1828
The Ninth General Report on the canal is found on page
172.
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The Chesapeake &
Delaware Canal, Parent of all U.S. Canals
A
brief history of the canal. Current
photos.
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The Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal - 1921
A history of the canal. Historical photos.
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The Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal: An Attractive and Risky Escape Route
The
role of the canal as an escape route for slaves prior
to the Civil War.
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The Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal in the Civil War - 1911
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The District: A history of
the Philadelphia District, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, 1866-1971
A chapter about the development of a ship canal between
the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays,
which resulted in the purchase of the C &
D Canal by the U.S. Government, begins on page 81.
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The Diving Bell Historical Marker
Photo and text of a maker in New
Castle County.
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The Economy of Early America:
Historical Perspectives and New Directions
A brief history of how capital was raised for the canal
in 1810 is found on page 294.
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The Memorial and Petition of
the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal Company 1809
The original petition, seeking to create the canal.
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The Philadelphia-Baltimore
Trade Rivalry, 1780 1860
Includes numerous references to the canal.
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The Register of Pennsylvania
1835
Includes on page 385 the Sixteenth General Report on the
canal.
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To the Merchants and Other Inhabitants
of Pennsylvania
A 1771 broadside, recommending
canals between the Susquehanna and Schuylkill and the
Chesapeake and the Delaware.
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To the stockholders of the
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
An 1824 letter to the stockholders of the canal.
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