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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.

Undated

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