Erie Extension Canal

Erie Extension Canal is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Platea, Erie County, dedicated 1948.

Erie County · dedicated 1948 · Meadville Rd. (PA 18) at RR bridge between Mill St. and Peach St., Platea

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Part of the old channel is visible by the present railroad, which replaced the canal. Lockport, now Platea, was founded 1839 at a point where a series of locks, 28 in two miles, lowered boats bound for Erie. Canal open 1844-71.

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