Western Reserve Harbor

Western Reserve Harbor is a Pennsylvania historical marker in just NW of New Castle, Lawrence County, dedicated 1948.

US 422 at exit ramp to Harbor Edinburg Rd. (SR 4004), just NW of New Castle

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Northern terminus, Beaver Division of Pennsylvania Canal system, completed to this point, 1834. Important shipping point before completing "Cross-Cut Canal" to Ohio, 1838, and Erie Extension to Greenville, 1840.

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1823 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · Ohio Pocket Map (Mitchell, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · Indiana, Ohio. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Ohio Pocket Map (Mitchell, 1832), 1832, covering the location of Western Reserve Harbor, 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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Western Reserve Harbor

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