Delaware Canal
Inscription
Here is Lock No.21 in a series of 23 lift locks, numbered from Bristol to Easton. The aqueduct over Cooks Creek is one of nine which carried water and shipping across branches of the Delaware River.
Location
AddressPA 611 (Easton Rd.) at PA 212 (Durham Rd.), Durham Furnace, ~1/2 mi. S of Riegelsville
CountyBucks
StatePennsylvania
Coordinates40.579940, -75.197030
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