Musings After Visiting the Delaware Inn

Trenton needs a gateway.

A river city since its founding, Trenton today needs a direct link back to the Delaware River. The City’s children need to experience the satisfaction of building a boat, the value of teamwork when sailing, the knowledge of what happens to the environment, the economy and the social structure when a city is built on the water’s edge.

Trenton needs a gateway where visitors can experience the city’s long history, examine its impact on the upper Delaware River, the drama of steamboat races, the brilliance of John Fitch and his steamboat, the first in America when it was launched in 1787.

Trenton needs a place that can be a home to research into its industrial and transportation history, that showcases its vitality through the years, that informs people locally, nationally, even internationally about the city’s role in the region’s development, from the 1700s through today.

That's why we're redeveloping the Delaware Inn.