Delaware and Raritan Canal | |
 A section of the canal as seen from a footbridge in 2013 | |
| Location | New Jersey, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Built | 1834 |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001105 |
| NJRHP No. | 1600[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1973 |
| Designated NJRHP | November 30, 1972 |
The Delaware and Raritan Canal (D&R Canal) is a canal in central New Jersey, built in the 1830s, that connects the Delaware River to the Raritan River. It was an efficient and reliable means of transportation of freight between Philadelphia and New York City, transporting anthracite coal from eastern Pennsylvania during much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The canal allowed shippers to cut many miles off the existing route from the Pennsylvania Coal Region down the Delaware, around Cape May, and up the occasionally treacherous Atlantic Ocean coast to New York City.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places — Mercer County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection — Historic Preservation Office. November 28, 2016. p. 1.