DELAWARE & HUDSON CANAL
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unimoggers
N 41° 34.332 W 075° 15.350
18T E 478671 N 4602311
This is some serious history right here in Honesdale.
Waymark Code: WM1YD
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/25/2005
Views: 23
Marker Text:
Terminus of the waterway uniting the Hudson and Delaware rivers. Built in 1825-28. A gravity railroad feeder reached to Carbondale. For 70 years the anthracite trade outlet for the region.
Marker Name: Delaware & Hudson Canal
County: Wayne
Date Dedicated: 05/28/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: U.S. 6 & Pa. 191 (Main St.) at historical society, Honesdale
Category: Transportation, Canals, Navigation
Website: Not listed
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