Canal Basin
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Gosffo
N 40° 25.670 W 078° 23.797
17T E 720843 N 4478499
The meeting of the big two! Canal meets Railroad!
Waymark Code: WM426F
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2008
Views: 17
Marker Text:
Here at Hollidaysburg the 127-mile Juniata Division of the Pennsylvania Canal met the Allegheny Portage Railroad, which extended 36 miles west over the mountain to Johnstown. The Juniata Division was opened in 1832, the railroad in March 1834. Regarded as an engineering marvel, the railroad climbed 1398 feet in ten miles.
Marker Name: Canal Basin
County: Blair
Date Dedicated: 05/31/1982
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: U.S. 22 at Canal Basin Park, W end of Hollidaysburg
Category: Canals, Navigation, Railroads, Transportation
Website: [Web Link]
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