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Delaware Bay is the estuary outlet of the Delaware River on the northeast seaboard of the United States, lying between the states of Delaware and New Jersey. It is approximately 782 square miles (2,030 km 2 ) in area, [ 2 ] the bay's freshwater mixes for many miles with the saltwater of the Atlantic Ocean .
22 Miller Avenue on Maurice River, Commercial Township, New Jersey: Coordinates: Area: less than 1-acre (4,000 m 2) Architectural style: Delaware Bay oyster schooner: NRHP reference No. 95001256 [1] NJRHP No. 1039 [2] Significant dates; Added to NRHP: November 7, 1995: Designated NJRHP
The Cape May–Lewes Ferry is a ferry system in the United States that traverses a 17-mile (27 km) crossing of the Delaware Bay connecting North Cape May, New Jersey with Lewes, Delaware. The ferry constitutes a portion of U.S. Route 9 [1] and is the final crossing of the Delaware River-Delaware Bay waterway before it meets the Atlantic Ocean.
The bay, as an estuary, forms a transitional zone between the river environment provided by the Delaware River and maritime environment of the Atlantic Ocean that is subject to both marine influences, such as tides, waves, and the influx of saline water; and riverine influences, such as flows of fresh water and sediment.
The Port of Paulsboro is located on the Delaware River and Mantua Creek in and around Paulsboro, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, approximately 78 miles (126 km) from the Atlantic Ocean. Traditionally one of the nation's busiest for marine transfer operations , notably for crude oil and petroleum products , such as jet fuel and asphalt , it is ...
Gray Marine engine preserved at Arromanches-les-Bains, Normandy Esmeralda II, 1947, first power boat through the Grand Canyon. Gray Marine Motor Company was a U.S. manufacturer of marine engines between 1910 and 1967. These ranged from one to six cylinders in both gas and later diesel layouts, which were used in pleasure boats, work boats, and ...
The Allaire Iron Works was a leading 19th-century American marine engineering company based in New York City.Founded in 1816 by engineer and philanthropist James P. Allaire, the Allaire Works was one of the world's first companies dedicated to the construction of marine steam engines, supplying the engines for more than 50% of all the early steamships built in the United States.
Delaware Bay The Cape May Canal is a 2.9-nautical-mile (3.3 mi; 5.4 km) waterway connecting Cape May Harbor to the Delaware Bay , at the southern tip of Cape May County , New Jersey . [ 1 ] There is a long history of unfulfilled plans for a canal across Cape May. [ 2 ]