Union Canal
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N 40° 20.331 W 076° 42.745
18T E 354550 N 4466774
One of the many Union Canal historical markers.
Waymark Code: WM8AC
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/03/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member PaHawkeye
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At Union Deposit, five miles south, can be seen remains of this Canal. It connected the Susquehanna at Middletown with the Schuylkill at Reading. Suggested by William Penn, it was surveyed, 1762. Completed, 1828. Abandoned in 1885.
Marker Name: Union Canal

County: Dauphin

Date Dedicated: 03/01/1948

Marker Type: Roadside

Location: U.S. 22 at Pa. 39, 9.3 miles NE of Harrisburg

Category: Transportation, Canals, Navigation, William Penn

Website: Not listed
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