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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
Right of the highway between Lambertville and Scudder's Falls is the
wide ditch and towpath of the abandoned DELAWARE AND RARITAN
CANAL FEEDER (see TRANSPORTATION). A century ago it was the
last link in the inland water route between the Pennsylvania coal fields and
New York. The coal was carried in barges or scows pulled by mules.
Between the canal and the river are tracks of the Belvidere division of
the Pennsylvania R.R. Construction of this line in 1851 doomed the canal.
Hills and woods shut off the view L. The Sourland Ridge, rising 450
feet, runs northeast for more than 15 miles. During the Revolution it
served as a barrier to keep British and Hessian troops, quartered in Trenton, from raiding the rich Hunterdon County grain farms.
At 1 mile is WELLS FALLS of the Delaware, in reality nothing more than
rapids. Old-time raftsmen guiding timber from the upper river to the cities below considered this the most dreaded point on the route.
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