Looking Back

Ann O’Hara
Posted 8/21/12

The Delaware & Hudson Canal and Gravity Railroad met in Honesdale, PA behind the D&H office, now the Wayne County Historical Society. Coal was carried on the Gravity from Carbondale, stored in huge …

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The Delaware & Hudson Canal and Gravity Railroad met in Honesdale, PA behind the D&H office, now the Wayne County Historical Society. Coal was carried on the Gravity from Carbondale, stored in huge piles behind the canal basin and transferred to boats to travel the 108 miles of the D&H Canal to Rondout, NY, on the Hudson River, where it was again transferred to larger vessels for its trip to New York City. Although the Gravity was originally designed to carry only coal, in later years passenger service between Carbondale and Honesdale was added. From 1829 to 1899, the railroad and canal shipped millions of tons of coal to the New York market from the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania, a vital cog in the Industrial Revolution. Several fragments of the canal are open to the public, including the Canal Park at Lock 31 in Palmyra Township, and the restored Gravity Depot in Waymart is the home of the Waymart Area Historical Society.

From the collection of the Wayne County Historical Society, 810 Main St., Honesdale. The museum and research library are open Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and museum only 12 noon to 4 p.m.

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