Lock 2

Lock 2 stood at this spot, with a locktender's house and shanty, a blacksmith shop, and a mule barn beside it. The Delaware Canal served not only as a route for cargo-laden boats but also supplied water for other businesses. North of Lock 2, an offshoot of the canal called Malone's Gut gave direct access to adjacent industrial yards. Two years after the Delaware Canal opened in 1832, the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad Company opened an 8-mile section between Bristol and Morrisville. The line crossed over the canal at Mill Street, grew to be the main line from Philadelphia to New York, and was acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in 1871. This street-level line was eventually abandoned after a new four-lane, elevated track was built in 1910, and today Spurline Park, a pedestrian trail, follows the route of the original railroad line.

Bristol, Pennsylvania · United States