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Rewatering Progress

Rewatering Progress

May 25, 2021

Last week the Delaware Canal State Park staff opened the bypass gate at Easton to create a maintenance level of water in the northern end of the Canal.  There is currently water as far south as Lodi Hill Road at the Tinicum Township/Upper Black Eddy line.   Tomorrow the Park staff plans to allow the water to start flowing southward to the waste gate at the Golden Pheasant Inn.   The water will be released at this location until the Tinicum Aqueduct lining is repaired and several sinkholes are filled.

|| May 25, 2021 || Tagged With: Rewatering, Tinicum, Upper Black Eddy ||

Rewatering Update from the Park Manager

Rewatering Update from the Park Manager

August 31, 2020

“As of today, water will start progressing into the Bridgeton Township area as the Indian Rock Wastegate at mile post 45.83 was just closed this morning. The public can anticipate seeing water flow down the next 4 miles to the Lodi Wastegate at mile post 41.75 over the next three days. We will fine tune the water volume from that point and then move on the next wastegates at mile post 40.00 and 39.39. The goal will be to provide the greatest volume without the potential to disturb the construction at the Tinicum Aqueduct. The culmination will be a very small flow of water as far as Golden Pheasant Wastegate at mile post 37.36. I predict we will be at that point by sometime around Wednesday or Thursday of next week if everything goes according to plan.

In speaking with the Tinicum Aqueduct construction manager from Clearwater Construction Inc. they are hopeful to have the majority of the project concluded by the end of September. My hope is that we will see water crossing the aqueduct within the first week of October. I understand people are eager to see the water flow and rightfully so, after being de-watered since September of 2019. With these large infrastructure improvements being completed we will be one step closer to a more continuous water supply into the future.”

Hoomestead General Store and Canal towpath

|| August 31, 2020 || Tagged With: Bridgeton Township, Park Manager, Rewatering, Tinicum, Upper Black Eddy ||

Lehigh River Water Flowing Southward in the Canal

Lehigh River Water Flowing Southward in the Canal

Looking South from Groundhog Lock

July 27, 2020

On Friday, July 24, following the installation of the new drop gate at Groundhog Lock (Locks 22-23) in Raubsville, the Delaware Canal State Park staff opened the bypass gate in Easton allowing Lehigh River water to enter the Canal. On Saturday, the water had flowed to and past Groundhog Lock to the waste gate at Mueller’s Store. There the water was released to control the new inflow. Today, the waste gate at Mueller’s was closed, and the water has reached Riegelsville and beyond. At Durham, it will be released into the Delaware River until the completion of the Tinicum Aqueduct project.

|| July 27, 2020 || Tagged With: Durham, Easton, Groundhog Lock, Rewatering, Riegelsville ||

Water is Flowing Again in the North

Water is Flowing Again in the North

June 19, 2019

Water is again flowing in the Canal southward from the gate at the Lehigh River in Easton. The stone wall repair at Lock 20 is complete enough to allow water to flow by.

At the Narrows, formerly known as the Indian Rock Hotel.

|| June 10, 2019 || Tagged With: Lock 20, Narrows, Rewatering, Water ||

Centre Bridge Pump has been Restarted

Centre Bridge Pump has been Restarted

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

The State Park maintenance staff turned on the pump at Centre Bridge late this morning.  The rewatering of the Canal from Centre Bridge to Lock 11 in New Hope has begun.

Water is flowing into the Canal at Centre Bridge.

|| May 1, 2019 || Tagged With: Centre Bridge Pump, Delaware Canal, Rewatering, Water ||

Repairs South of Easton Complete

Repairs South of Easton Complete

April 27, 2018

Both DCNR and PennDOT have completed the necessary culvert pipe and sinkhole repairs located in the Canal and on Route 611 near Canal Cup.   The gate in Easton that allows water to flow into the Canal has been reopened, and the process of rewatering the Canal from Easton to Erwinna has begun.

|| April 27, 2018 || Tagged With: Easton, Erwinna, repairs, Rewatering ||

Upcoming Work on the Centre Bridge to Lock 11 Section

Upcoming Work on the Centre Bridge to Lock 11 Section

Wednesday, March 28

The pump that supplies water to the Canal from Centre Bridge to Lock 11 section in New Hope was damaged during the ice floes in the Delaware River this winter.   The Park Maintenance staff has not been able to get down into the River to fully ascertain the problem because of ice, then high water levels. It anticipated that the damage isn’t too significant.

In the meantime, the contract has been awarded to Bi-State Construction for the reconstruction of the Phillips’ Mill Bridge.  The first stage of this project is to place pipes through which water can flow in the Canal  and then construct a temporary roadway to access the bridge site.

The Park’s plan is to have both the pump repair and the pipe installation/ temporary road access projects occur simultaneously in April.    This will take advantage of the Canal’s current waterless condition and prevent the scenario of rewatering the Canal with the pump only to have it de-watered again shortly thereafter.

|| March 28, 2018 || Tagged With: Centre Bridge Pump, Phillips' Mill Bridge, Rewatering ||

Major Berm Bank Blowout at the Tinicum Creek Aqueduct

Major Berm Bank Blowout at the Tinicum Creek Aqueduct

There was a major blowout in the berm bank directly north of the Tinicum Creek Aqueduct on Sunday, June 4. The Park officials and engineers are evaluating the situation now.

|| June 5, 2017 || Tagged With: Rewatering, Tinicum Aqueduct ||

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Friends of the Delaware Canal
145 South Main Street
New Hope, PA 18938
Phone: 215.862.2021
Michael Ginder, Executive Director

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