Pennsylvania Canal

Pennsylvania Canal is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Lumberville, Bucks County, dedicated 1949.

River Rd. (PA 32) at Old Carversville Rd., Lumberville

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A system of State-built public works to connect Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Lake Erie. The Delaware Division, Bristol-Easton, begun 1827; operated by the State 1831-58, and by private owners to 1931. A State Park since 1940.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1818 · New Jersey (1818) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · New Jersey (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1828 · New Jersey (T. Gordon, 1828) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1834 · New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1834) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

New Jersey (T. Gordon, 1828), 1828, covering the location of Pennsylvania Canal, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New Jersey (T. Gordon, 1828), 1828, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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

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