Along the Delaware, Below the Gap

Along the Delaware
The Lower River, Stockton to Philadelphia

A fresh coating of new fallen snow covers the Stockton Bridge at Stockton, N.J. Recent winters have been brutal in the area, a January 1996 thaw caused flooding and the evacuation of thousands from their homes along the river.

Heavy rains and melting snow pack in northern New York combined to cause the flood of April 2005. Residents along Bridge Street in Stockton were some of the luckier victims.
Overdevelopment to the north and poor water resource management in the northern resevoirs have been traced as some of the causes.

An annual rite of spring, the Lambertville, N.J. Shad Festival celebrates the return of river shad and spring.

The migrating fish travel upriver from the sea to spawn. Absent in the sixties and seventies, the quantity and quality of the fish is on the rise, although the migration has been hindered the past several years by high water.

The business is brisk at the Lambertville Chamber of Commerce Shad Fry concession.

The New Hope Ivyland steam engine prepares for departure on a cold February day. On weekends, the line attracts hundreds of railroad buffs to take a ride, or take pictures of the vintage locomotive.

Re-enacting Washington's frigid Delaware Crossing of December 24, 1776, soldiers man the oars during an early December dress rehearsal.

A young militia member waits his turn to board a "Durham boat" for the annual re-enactment of the historic river crossing.

The electric smile of the victor lights the War Memorial in Trenton at the inaugaration of Governor Christine Whitman, first woman governor of New Jersey, in January 1994.

Heavy river ice brought on by an exceptionally cold winter of 2004 destroyed an expensive floating dock along the shore of Riverfront Park in Trenton, N.J.

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A fresh coating of new fallen snow covers the Stockton Bridge at Stockton, N.J. Recent winters have been brutal in the area, a January 1996 thaw caused flooding and the evacuation of thousands from their homes along the river.
	Heavy rains and melting snow pack in northern New York combined to cause the flood of April 2005. Residents along Bridge Street in Stockton were some of the luckier victims. Overdevelopment to the north and poor water resource management in the northern resevoirs have been traced as some of the causes.
An annual rite of spring, the Lambertville, N.J. Shad Festival celebrates the return of river shad and spring.
	The migrating fish travel upriver from the sea to spawn. Absent in the sixties and seventies, the quantity and quality of the fish is on the rise, although the migration has been hindered the past several years by high water.
The business is brisk at the Lambertville Chamber of Commerce Shad Fry concession.
	The New Hope Ivyland steam engine prepares for departure on a cold February day. On weekends, the line attracts hundreds of railroad buffs to take a ride, or take pictures of the vintage locomotive.
Re-enacting Washington's frigid Delaware Crossing of December 24, 1776, soldiers man the oars during an early December dress rehearsal.
	A young militia member waits his turn to board a "Durham boat" for the annual re-enactment of the historic river crossing.
The electric smile of the victor lights the War Memorial in Trenton at the inaugaration of Governor Christine Whitman, first woman governor of New Jersey, in January 1994.
	Heavy river ice brought on by an exceptionally cold winter of 2004 destroyed an expensive floating dock along the shore of Riverfront Park in Trenton, N.J.