Erie Extension Canal

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

US 20 at Asbury Rd., Asbury (W of Erie)

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A section of this canal, linking New Castle and Erie, lies at foot of the slope, to left of side road. Conneaut Line, Erie to Conneaut Lake, begun by State, 1838; finished by company headed by R.S. Reed, of Erie, 1843-44.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1823 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · Ohio Pocket Map (Mitchell, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1836 · Upper Canada. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1848 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1855 · A new map of the State of Ohio (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Ohio Pocket Map (Mitchell, 1832), 1832, covering the location of Erie Extension Canal, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Ohio Pocket Map (Mitchell, 1832), 1832, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman 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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