Erie Extension Canal

Erie Extension Canal is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Mercer County, dedicated 1946.

Sharpsville Area Recreation Park on Kelly Rd. at N end of Sharpsville

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Route of travel and trade, Pittsburgh to Great Lakes 1840-1871. Important to the Western Pennsylvania Iron Industry before the rise of the railroads. Lock #10, a guard lock, represents the only remaining canal lock.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

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1834 · The tourist's pocket map of Pennsylvania (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1845 · Ohio. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1850 · State Of Ohio (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1855 · A new map of the State of Ohio (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1856 · Map of Trumbull County, Ohio (1856) (Historical map archive)

A new map of the State of Ohio, 1855, covering the location of Erie Extension Canal, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — A new map of the State of Ohio, 1855, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Erie Extension Canal

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