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"53515 Falls of the Canal Dam, Bristol, Pa."
Overflow went back into Maple Beach. Located behind Grand Theater building on Mill Street. -
"Bristol Lock, PA"
Lock # 1 at exit of Canal from canal basin in Bristol.
From Martha Capwell-Fox, National Canal Museum: “This is the tide lock, not Lock 1.” -
"Canal Basin Bristol, PA 1953"
Lock tender’s house at Lock #2 behind Mill Street. Was the lock just before the canal basin, which was the end of the canal. -
"Canal Bridge, Hotel Closson, Bristol, Pa."
Hotel Closson, viewed over canal bridge that connects Otter and Mill Streets. This was the terminus of the trolley line to Newtown and Philadelphia. The railroad tracks crossing the intersection required that trolley passengers walk across the tracks and continue the journey to Morrisville down Mill Street. -
"Cochran Lock, Bristol, Pa., Back of Grundy's Tower"
Delaware Canal Lock #4 and lock keeper’s house that was occupied by the Cochran family, who operated the lock. Canal in active use from 1830-1931. -
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"Grundy Park--Bristol PA."
Delaware Canal Lagoon Park. It was built about 1920 with a concrete, arched bridge connecting the island in the photograph’s center. To the right is Jefferson Avenue and former Grundy Mill (out of view). In 1997-98, the lagoon was restored, a wooden bridge replaced the deteriorating cement bridge, and landscaping was completed. The photographer would have stood on the railroad embankment adjacent to the lagoon in taking this image. A columned gazebo on the end of the island to the left is not visible and may not have been constructed when the photograph was taken. -
"L. C & N. Co. Basen. [sic] Bristol PA"
Delaware Lehigh Canal Basin where canal boats from Easton, PA ended on the canal in Bristol, PA, before unloading or entering the Delaware River. In the background is the Dorrance Mill [1701] that was at the foot of Pond Street. The canal basin was filled in after the canal closed in the 1930s and later became a parking lot for Mill Street. -
"L.C & N. Co. Lock No. 1 Bristol PA."
This is the tidal outlet lock [aka lock #1] connecting the Delaware Lehigh Canal to the Delaware River. Beyond this lock is the Canal Basin and the Dorrance Mill is visible. Canal operated from 1830 – 1931.
The lock house featured was home to the grandparents of Francis Jason Crum who lived in Bristol until 1966. -
"L.C & N. Co., Canal Lock No. 4 Bristol PA."
The wider water area beyond the lock is the site of Bristol’s elementary school (1999). -
"New P.R.R. Crossing Canal Bristol PA."
Photograph taken between 1910-1911 during the construction of the elevated railroad. The bridge crossed the Delaware Canal at the edge of the Delaware Canal Lagoon. The wooden supports for the tracks were later filled with an embankment of soil. The steam engine and cars were used to haul soil and equipment for the railroad. -
"Old Mill and Canal Basin, Bristol, Pa. 1909"
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.” -
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["Forge Bridge" looking east toward the river]
The bridge is over the Delaware Canal as part of Beaver Street. The original wooden canal bridge (1827) was replaced by this bridge in 1929. On the right is Buckley Street. The canal ceased to operate in October 1931. This bridge was removed in 1960 and the canal on either side filled in. The house was removed when the Snyder-Girotti Elementary School was constructed in 1956. -
["Forge Bridge" over Delaware Canal]
Concrete Bridge over the Delaware Canal built in 1929 to replace the original wooden bridge built in 1827. It was called "Forge Bridge" named for an iron forge on Beaver Street. Beaver Street crossed the bridge. The concrete bridge was removed in 1960. Leedon Carpet Mill water tower is on the right. The building in the center was originally a wallpaper factory. It is now called Canal Works, a building with offices and artist studios. -
[“Canal Outlet Lock” at Delaware River, Bristol, PA (later turned into Mill Street parking lot)]
Beyond this lock, there were 24 locks north to Easton, PA, a total of approximately 168 feet elevation difference. The “William Doron” ferry boat, which connected Bristol and Burlington City, NJ, is pictured in the river. -
[“Reflective Mule” stands on the ground at Beaver and Canal Street next to the boulder upon which it will be permanently placed]
This is part of the Canal Works property owned by Bernard Mazzocchi III. Mule statue was donated by Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation. -
[A fiberglass mule statue mounted on a 17,000-pound boulder at the corner of Beaver and Canal Street]
The mule, purchased by Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation in 2003, was donated for exhibition to Bernard Mazzocchi III, owner of Canal Works. Pictured left to right is Bernard Mazzocchi IV, Bernard Mazzocchi III, Briana Mazzocchi-Lafferty, and Kim Garrison. -
[A steam engine heads north toward Trenton as it crosses the Canal at Mill Street]
This was between locks one and two. The building in the center is the restaurant and hotel located at Mill Street crossing. Otter and Bath Street would be to the left of the picture. W.H.H. Fine was proprietor of this establishment known as the “Railroad House.” -
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[Believed to be canal lock #3 just above Bath Street]
The house on the left was the lock keeper's house. Beyond this lock was Lock #4, located behind what later became Grundy Towers apartment complex. -
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[Bernard Mazzocchi III, owner of Canal Works and his son Bernard Mazzocchi IV, stand next to a boulder that is being placed along a fence at his property]
The boulder is to provide a foundation for a mule statue which represents the hundreds of mules that pulled canal barges between Easton and Bristol (1830-1931) along the Delaware Canal. -
[Bernard Mazzocchi III, owner of Canal Works at Canal and Beaver Street, helps direct traffic on Canal Street as a 17000+ pound boulder is unloaded and transported to the corner of Beaver and Canal Street]
The boulder is the platform for a fiberglass mule statue decorating the corner. The mule project is one of 179 mules in the Delaware Valley that celebrate the Delaware Canal (1820-1931) which transported anthracite coal from Easton, PA to Bristol. The Bristol Cultural and Historic Foundation paid for the mule. An artist from New Hope, PA painted the scene on the mule. -
[Boat “Blue Bell” at two-mile lock, Delaware Lehigh Canal]
The two-mile lock is believed to be the lock between Green Lane and Edgely Road (Lock #4). -
[Boat “Blue Bell” at two-mile lock]
According to a mule chart, the two-mile point is in the Edgely area of Bristol Township, north of Bristol. -
[Bridge erected over the former Delaware Canal, opened in 2003]
It had once carried the railroad tracks route between Philadelphia and New York via Bristol until 1911. The bridge was replaced and the original sides were retained, but do not bear weight. Old Route 13 currently passes over the bridge. The red brick structure is the former Grand Theater, which opened in 1928 to replace the much smaller Forest Theater at that location. In 2003, when this photograph was taken, Arnold’s Office Furniture Store was there, later becoming Discover Learn & Grow Early Learning Center. -
[Bridge erected over the former Delaware Canal, opened in 2003]
It had once carried the railroad tracks route between Philadelphia and New York via Bristol until 1911. The bridge was replaced and the original sides were retained, but do not bear weight. Old Route 13 currently passes over the bridge. The red brick structure is the former Grand Theater, which opened in 1928 to replace the much smaller Forest Theater at that location. In 2003, when this photograph was taken, Arnold’s Office Furniture Store was there, later becoming Discover Learn & Grow Early Learning Center. -
[Bridge erected over the former Delaware Canal, opened in 2003]
It had once carried the railroad tracks route between Philadelphia and New York via Bristol until 1911. The bridge was replaced and the original sides were retained, but do not bear weight. Old Route 13 currently passes over the bridge. The red brick structure is the former Grand Theater, which opened in 1928 to replace the much smaller Forest Theater at that location. In 2003, when this photograph was taken, Arnold’s Office Furniture Store was there, later becoming Discover Learn & Grow Early Learning Center. -
[Bridge erected over the former Delaware Canal, opened in 2003]
It had once carried the railroad tracks route between Philadelphia and New York via Bristol until 1911. The bridge was replaced and the original sides were retained but do not bear weight. Old Route 13 currently passes over the bridge. -
[Bridge erected over the former Delaware Canal, opened in 2003]
It had once carried the railroad tracks route between Philadelphia and New York via Bristol until 1911. The bridge was replaced and the original sides were retained, but do not bear weight. Old Route 13 currently passes over the bridge. The red brick structure is the former Grand Theater, which opened in 1928 to replace the much smaller Forest Theater at that location. In 2003, when this photograph was taken, Arnold’s Office Furniture Store was there, later becoming Discover Learn & Grow Early Learning Center. -
[Bridge over Delaware Lehigh Canal from Easton PA to Bristol PA]
Canal operated from 1830 – 1931. -
[Bristol Canal 1939]
Delaware Canal at Bristol, young fisherman is walking south toward Lock #2 above Bath & Mill Street. -
[Bristol Canal Winter 1939]
South Gate of lock #4 (flowing toward Delaware River). Cochran House and shanty on side. Mule sheds on the side held approximately 40 mules. A large fire around 1920 destroyed these mule sheds and approximately 20 mules and one human body were found in the aftermath. -
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[Canal Barge, “Walter Leedom” photographed on canal near Bristol]
The canal operated between Bristol and Easton from 1827-1931. -
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[Canal Works]
The building now called Canal Works was built circa 1877 as a wallpaper factory on Canal Street and Beaver Street next to what once was the Delaware Canal. The building housed several kinds of industry. Bernard Mazzocchi III restored the building and turned it into an office complex. -
[Delaware and Lehigh Canal]
Bridge over the canal is believed to have been the bridge at Green Lane (then called Bloomsdale Road). That bridge was removed in 1932 after the operation of the canal stopped. -
[Delaware Canal barges]
Likely in Easton section of canal waiting to be loaded. If they were loaded they would be typically lower in the water than they appear here.
The round symbol on the barges indicate they are property of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. -
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[Delaware Canal bridge]
Likely further up the canal past Bristol, as these small wooden bridges were common in the rural areas of the canal. -
[Delaware Canal from the Forge Bridge at Beaver Street, looking north toward Washington Street]
In the background is the Grundy Worsted Mill and powerhouse. On the right, is the Stoneback Lumber Mill. This section of the canal has since been filled in and made into a park area. -
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[Delaware Canal overflow falls behind what used to be the Grand Theater building in Bristol]
Also shown is the lock keeper's house at Lock #2, the first lock past the tidal lock and exit to the Delaware River. The overflow water went into the tidal marsh and the river. -
[Delaware Canal tidal lock [#1] where it meets the Delaware River]
Round symbol on the center barge identifies it as property of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. At this point in the canal, the barges were either emptied or tied together and pulled down toward Philadelphia by tugboats. -
[Delaware Canal, estimated in northern Bucks County]
Photograph likely taken after 1931 when commercial traffic on the canal ceased and personal craft used the canal.