2024-07-222024-07-222015-05-07https://hdl.handle.net/10929/121960The Kingston Lock-tender�s House was built 1834. Construction of the D&R Canal began at Kingston in 1830. Adjacent to the Locktender�s House is the tollhouse telegraph station and the Lock itself. Lock tenders and lock houses were regular features on most canals; however, the D&R also required bridge tenders and bridge houses for its swing bridges. These houses were the homes for the Canal Company employees stationed at each lock and bridge location along this sixty-six mile canal. Bridge and lock tenders were given free use of a canal house for themselves, and their families, as part of their wages. These modest homes were their primary residence. Small to our modern standards,Original file name IMG_2658.jpg4122 x 2748Each photograph within this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Therefore, these photos may only be used in a way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation. The following terms of use for State Library patrons shall apply. 1. Educational Institution/student use is permitted as long as such usage adheres to all copyright and related rights legislation. In these instances, these photographs may only be used for educational or historical purposes. 2. Non-Commercial use is permitted without permission from the rights holder, as long as such use adheres to all copyright and related right legislation. 3. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for commercial purposes without the direct permission of the rights-holder. 4. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for political purposes. 5. Users must always give appropriate credit to the photographer. The credit may not in any way suggest the right's holder endorses the user or their use of the photographs. 6. Photographs may be copied or redistributed in any medium or format as long as such use does not violate copyright and related rights legislation. 7. Users may remix, transform, and rebuild upon the original photographs as long as it does not violate copyright and related rights legislation.Kingston Lock tender's HouseKingstonDelaware and Raritan CanalLock Masters HousePrincetonHistoryAmerican HistoryMillstone RiveMercer CountySomerset CountyThe Delaware RegionNew JerseyNjJerseyThe Garden State