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New Jersey’s Morris Canal used 23 inclined planes to lift boats 100 feet in 15 minutes

In 1824, the establishment of the Morris Canal marked a significant advancement in transport, connecting Pennsylvania to the eastern seaboard. This engineering marvel incorporated 23 locks and inclined planes to tackle elevation changes. It played a crucial role in the movement of coal, iron ore, and agricultural goods, fundamentally altering…

The Times of India · Oct 16

In the 1960s, the US began displacing around 600 families for a 40-mile reservoir; in 1975 the dam was shelved and their land became a 70,000-acre national park

The ambitious dam project planned for the Delaware River faced substantial backlash, resulting in its cancellation. This pivotal decision ultimately fostered the establishment of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, a refuge for the river's unspoiled segments. Factors such as environmental concerns and increasing financial burdens were significant in…

The Times of India · Aug 18

Philadelphia’s failing air quality hits hardest in neighborhoods near industry and highways, where asthma rates soar

Philadelphians who live near industrial land and major roads – those who live in the Port Richmond and Bridesburg neighborhoods along I-95, or the Delaware River port-industrial corridor, for example – face worse air pollution and are more likely to have asthma than residents who live farther from those sites.

The Conversation · Aug 5

The US is the world’s richest country. So why can’t I get a glass of clean drinking water?

This weekend, 8,000 gallons of latex were accidentally dumped in the Delaware River – and tap water across the country is laced with disturbing chemicals

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2023

Bottled water run in Pennsylvania after Delaware River chemical leak

Between 8,100 and 12,000 gallons of a water-based latex finishing solution spilled into the river

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2023

Skull found to belong to man believed murdered nearly 40 years ago after DNA test

Richard Thomas Alt, 31, disappeared in 1984 along with his girlfriend and a skull found in the Delaware River, Pennsylvania, has now been found to be his thanks to DNA testing

Daily Mirror · Jan 31, 2023

Delaware owns a small chunk of South Jersey

SOUTH JERSEY, or (maybe?) DELAWARE — In Salem County, New Jersey, about seven miles south of the Delaware Memorial Bridge, a small chunk of land abuts the Delaware River.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Sep 28, 2022

NJ sues Monsanto over ‘reckless’ PCB contamination, including along Delaware River

PHILADELPHIA — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection filed suit Thursday against Monsanto for “extensive damage” caused by PCB contamination, citing “reckless long-term discharge of” polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) statewide and noting pollution from a company facility in Gloucester County on the Delaware River.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Aug 4, 2022

David Murphy: Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson can’t escape politics after playing LIV round with Donald Trump

PHILADELPHIA — An hour and a half northeast of Philadelphia, across the Delaware River and through an arboreal patchwork of country estates and smallholder farms, the man who taught the world to never apologize lurched his considerable weight forward and jerked a golf club around his body. The contact was…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 29, 2022

Will Bunch: America’s real college debt: How we failed an entire generation

Ewan Johnson’s college dreams nearly crashed down on him after just four days. The saga had started in the mid-2010s near the end of what by his own admission had been an unambitious time in high school. Then, his dreams were abruptly transformed by an unplanned trip across the Delaware…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 29, 2022