Linda Barth is the author of "The Delaware and Raritan Canal" and "The Delaware and Raritan Canal at Work."Did you know that for almost 170 years, the Delaware and Raritan Canal has meandered across the narrow waist of New Jersey? Did you know that the D&R was one of our nation’s most successful towpath canals, carrying more tonnage in 1866 than the more famous Erie Canal? Did you know that Johnson & Johnson, Roebling, and Fleischmann’s Distillery all had their start along the D&R? Did you know that the canal provides the people of central New Jersey with both a water supply and a premier recreational facility? Linda Barth will introduces you to the people, the locks, and the aqueducts that made the canal work.
This program is offered at 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
This program is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Call (732) 356-0043 or email Paul at pschroed@sclsnj.org to sign up.