Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct

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National Historic Landmark canal aqueduct historic bridge road bridge structure on the National Register of Historic Places suspension aqueduct suspension bridge

Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct is a historic 19th-century suspension aqueduct and former canal bridge designed by John A. Roebling that now serves as a road bridge over the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New York.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Roebling Aqueduct 1
Roebling Delaware Aqueduct 1
Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf National Historic Landmark ⓘ
canal aqueduct ⓘ
historic bridge ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ
structure on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
suspension aqueduct ⓘ
suspension bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Delaware Aqueduct ⓘ
Roebling Bridge ⓘ
architect John A. Roebling ⓘ
carries pedestrian traffic ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ
connects Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Minisink Ford, New York ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1847 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crosses Delaware River ⓘ
crossesBorderBetween New York ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
currentFunction single‑lane road bridge ⓘ
designer John A. Roebling ⓘ
hasEngineeringSignificance early example of Roebling wire‑cable suspension design ⓘ
hasNumberOfLanes 1 ⓘ
hasToll no ⓘ
hasType wire‑cable suspension bridge ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
inaugurationDate 1848 ⓘ
length about 535 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Pike County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sullivan County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedInWatercourseRegion Upper Delaware Valley ⓘ
surface form: Upper Delaware River valley
maintainedBy National Park Service ⓘ
material iron ⓘ
stone ⓘ
timber ⓘ
NHLDesignationDate 1968 ⓘ
notableFor being the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States ⓘ
NRHPListingDate 1968 ⓘ
numberOfSpans 4 ⓘ
openingDate 1849 ⓘ
originalFunction canal aqueduct for the Delaware and Hudson Canal ⓘ
owner National Park Service ⓘ
partOf Delaware and Hudson Canal ⓘ
usedFor local road traffic between Pennsylvania and New York ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Delaware Aqueduct → alsoKnownAs → Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct ⓘ
Lackawaxen River → hasBridge → Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roebling Aqueduct
Minisink Ford, New York → hasHistoricStructure → Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roebling Delaware Aqueduct
Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania → hasHistoricSite → Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roebling’s Delaware Aqueduct