Chesapeake & Delaware Canal

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canal man-made waterway

The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal is a man-made waterway in the Mid-Atlantic United States that connects the Delaware River with the Chesapeake Bay, serving as a key shipping and transportation route.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
C&D Canal	1
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal canonical	1

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canal ⓘ man-made waterway ⓘ
connects	Chesapeake Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Delaware River NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStart	early 19th century ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crossedBy	Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge (US 301) NERFINISHED ⓘ Chesapeake City Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Delaware Route 1 bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Reedy Point Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Georges Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Summit Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLock	yes ⓘ
length	approximately 14 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ Maryland ⓘ Mid-Atlantic United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ
opened	1829 ⓘ
operator	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalPurpose	shorten shipping route between Philadelphia and Baltimore ⓘ
partOf	Intracoastal Waterway NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionServed	Chesapeake Bay watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ Delaware River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
use	commercial shipping ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ transportation route ⓘ
waterwayType	ship canal ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Delaware Route 1 → crosses → Chesapeake & Delaware Canal ⓘ

Cecil County, Maryland → locatedAtWaterbody → Chesapeake & Delaware Canal ⓘ

this entity surface form: C&D Canal