Erie Extension Canal, route 618, Conneaut Lake
N 41° 37.329 W 080° 19.552
17T E 556159 N 4608044
A Historic sign that doesn't exist !
Waymark Code: WMTAP
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/05/2006
Views: 71
This sign, on route 618 south of Conneaut Lake park, says something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than what the PHMC database says it should. But, I've got the pics and co-ords to show the truth. Can you handle the truth ?
The sign says (as you see in the pic above):
Erie Extension Canal
By this channel Conneaut Lake, raised 9 feet above normal level, fed water to the canal at its highest point, the junction of the Shenango and Conneaut Lines, about 2 miles west from here. The canal was in use 1844 to 1871.
HOWEVER, the database says it should read:
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.
Who ya gonna believe ? ;)
Marker Name: Erie Extension Canal
County: Crawford
Date Dedicated: 07/12/1948
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Pa. 618 S of Conneaut Lake Park
Category: Transportation, Canals, Navigation
Website: Not listed
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