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Erie Extension Canal

Crawford County · dedicated 1948 · Liberty St. (US 322) between Cemetery Rd. & Crystal Lake Rd., E of Hartstown

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.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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