Erie Extension Canal (Hartstown)
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N 41° 33.207 W 080° 22.492
17T E 552132 N 4600386
Just east of Hartstown, PA.
Waymark Code: WM1MKP
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 06/02/2007
Views: 84
Marker Text: Cut off from the rest of Pymatuning Swamp by a 3-mile bank, this became the 600-acre "Pymatuning Reservoir" of the canal, which lay at its western edge. Begun by the State, 1838; finished by the Erie Canal Co., 1843-44.
Marker Name: Erie Extension Canal
County: Crawford
Date Dedicated: 09/20/1948
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: U.S. 322 E of Hartstown
Category: Transportation, Canals, Navigation
Website: Not listed
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