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 102 STAT. 4552

PUBLIC LAW 100-692—NOV. 18, 1988

Public Law 100-692 100th Congress An Act Nov. 18, 1988 [H.R. 3957] Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988. Conservation. Cultural programs. Historic preservation.

16 USC 461 note.

To establish the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the "Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988". SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following: (1) The Delaware Canal, which opened for r ^ u l a r commercial navigation in 1834, provided an early and essential link in a 4,000 mile national transportation route and helped to transform Pennsylvania from an agrarian r ^ o n to the center of an industrialized society. (2) The Canal served as the primary means for transporting coal and other bulk goods from the "Anthracite Region" of Pennsylvania to New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and other industrial centers as far away as Europe. (3) As part of an elaborate national transportation system, the Delaware Canal and Lehigh Navigation Canal played a critical role in supplying our developing Nation with the coal that fueled its factories and heated its homes. (4) The route of the Delaware Canal parallels stagecoach routes and the trails of the Lenni-Lenape Indians, and passes numerous 18th, 19th, and 20th century sites of national and State historical significance. (5) In 1978, the Delaware Canal was declared a Nationeil Historic Landmark, and portions of the Lehigh Navigation Canal were placed on the National Roister of Historic Places and designated a National Recreation Trail. SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR; PURPOSE.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Corridor"). (b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to provide a management framework to assist the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions in developing and implementing int^rated cultural, historical, and natural resource policies and programs that will preserve and interpret for the educational and inspirational benefit of present and future generations the unique and significant contributions to our national heritage of certain historic and cultural lands, waterways, and structures within and surrounding the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal in the Commonwealth.

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