除了陆路交通，漕运也是主要交通方式之一。清朝每年运粮漕船两万余艘，首尾衔接十几里，伴随浩浩荡荡宏伟船队的，是此起彼伏，气势磅礴的号子声。光绪末年，漕运废除，通州码头地位逐渐消失，但在运河上民间的客货运输直到1943年，运河因大旱断流才停止。

Besides land transportation, water transportation was also one of the major means of transportation during the Qing Dynasty, there were twenty-thousand of cargo ships dedicating to the cargo transportation, which formed a fleet, with dozens of kilometers in length. Followed by the large ship group, the magnificent horn melody constantly floated over the sky. During the late of Guangxu period, water transportation was abolished, Tongzhou Deck gradually fell into depression, while the civil cargo ships had lasted until 1943,when the canal river dried up because of serious drought.Besides land transportation, water transportation was also one of the major means of transportation during the Qing Dynasty, there were twenty-thousand of cargo ships dedicating to the cargo transportation, which formed a fleet, with dozens of kilometers in length. Followed by the large ship group, the magnificent horn melody constantly floated over the sky. During the late of Guangxu period, water transportation was abolished, Tongzhou Deck gradually fell into depression, while the civil cargo ships had lasted until 1943, when the canal river dried up because of serious drought.