Which canal was the first venture of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, the Delaware and Hudson Canal or the Delaware and Raritan Canal?
Delaware and Hudson Canal The Delaware and Hudson Canal was the first venture of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, which would later build the Delaware and Hudson Railway. Between 1828 and 1899, the canal's barges carried anthracite coal from the mines of Northeastern Pennsylvania to the Hudson River and thence to market in New York City.
Old York Road Old York Road (originally York Road) is a roadway that was built in the 18th century to connect Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Elizabethtown Point, New Jersey. Through New Jersey it was built along the Raritan (Unami tribe) "Naraticong Trail," also known as the Tuckaraming Trail. A memorial plaque to the "friendship" of the Naraticong Indians, who permitted the road to be built over their trail, sits at the intersection of Old York Road and Canal in Raritan, NJ. The Swift Sure Stage Coach Line completed the journey between the two cities in two days and cost only a few dollars.