. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. r to Hani]>ton Junction, m ; total, m. Total of all lines owned, leased, andoperated, m. The Co. was formed in 1853, DELAWARE 264 DEMAND AND SUPPLY by tlii-iuiis(iliil;iti()ii of tlic Liicknwnnnii niul West-ern anil the Delaware luul Cobbs Gap11 l{. Fiim,in,d sUihmiHt: Cap. stock, •ii2( (Ul)t, Net earnings for 1878,•? Delaware River and Bay. The D. Klverrises on tlie W, side of the Calskill Monntains,Slate of New Vork, and after separating Pe
. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. r to Hani]>ton Junction, m ; total, m. Total of all lines owned, leased, andoperated, m. The Co. was formed in 1853, DELAWARE 264 DEMAND AND SUPPLY by tlii-iuiis(iliil;iti()ii of tlic Liicknwnnnii niul West-ern anil the Delaware luul Cobbs Gap11 l{. Fiim,in,d sUihmiHt: Cap. stock, •ii2( (Ul)t, Net earnings for 1878,•? Delaware River and Bay. The D. Klverrises on tlie W, side of the Calskill Monntains,Slate of New Vork, and after separating Pennsyl-vania from New York and New Jersey, falls intothe />. Bay 5 ni. below New Castle. It is formedby the union of two streams, the Mohawk and thePopaeton, which unite 8 m. below the Pennsyl-vania boundary line, in lat. 42 N. The river thenpursues a winding S. E. course between New Yorkand Pennsylvania for (iO m. to the N. W. cornerof New Jersey, where it receives the NeversinkHivcr It then turns S W il mg the bisc of theKilt itnmnv for ij ni in through. (Slurman Waler/all in Ike Calskill Mnuiilains.) which it forms what is called the water gap, agreat natural curiosity. The banks here rise pre-cipitately from the waters edge to the height of1,000 feet, overhung by immense masses of rock,and at the S. E. entrance leaving scarcely roomfor a road. The passage, however, widens Its entire length is about 2 m. From thispoint it pursues a S. E. and then a S. W. course toEaston. where it receives the Lehigh, a large trib-utary from the W. A little below this the riverpasses through .South Mountain, and has a S. to Trenton, 00 m. below Easton ; havingin that distance 25 rapids, with a total fall of 105feet. These falls are navigable at high river below Trenton turns to the S. W. un-til near the bay, which it enters in a S. E. direc-tion, after an entire course of 30J iii. It is navi- gable for vessels of the largest class to P
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