Graciela Whitcher
posted three images with the comment: "Pennsylvania's Union Canal was a significant water transportation route that existed in the 19th century. Proposed by William Penn in 1690, it aimed to connect Philadelphia with the Susquehanna River. Construction began in 1792 and was completed in 1828, running approximately 82 miles from Middletown to Reading. The canal played a crucial role in shipping anthracite coal and lumber eastward to Philadelphia, and it featured 93 locks and a 4-foot deep channel. The
Union Canal Tunnel, in Lebanon, Penna., is the oldest existing transportation tunnel in the U.S., remains a notable part of its legacy."
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"The Union Canal was completed and opened to grade between 1821 and 1828.....In a distance of just 81 miles between Reading and Middletown, the canal climbed 311 feet to the summit level of the canal at Lebanon. It then descended a total of 192 feet to the level of the Susquehanna River at West End. To accomplish this a total of 93 lift locks, 75 feet long and 8 ½ feet wide, were used....With the development of the Pennsylvania Railroads, the canal system and the Union Canal were finally abandoned in 1885." |
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