Union Canal
Posted by: PaHawkeye
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One of the many Union Canal historical markers.
Waymark Code: WM8AC
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/03/2006
Views: 23
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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