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Sixty miles of Euphoria and Frustration

The Delaware Canal flows peacefully through lovely countryside along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania’s Bucks County. Today it is hard to imagine the dirt and noise that characterized the canal when it was a busy waterway carrying thousands of tons of anthracite coal to markets. Albert Zimmerman’s book details the the patronage and corruption of the construction years, the appalling quality of portions of the finished canal and its eventual long life as a profitable waterway.

Soft cover, 240 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm