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Union Canal

Berks County · dedicated 1950 · Morgantown Rd. (PA 10) & Philadelphia Ave. (PA 724), 2 miles S of Reading

In use, 1828-1884. It connected the Schuylkill at Reading with the Susquehanna at Middletown. About a mile east, at tip of Fritts Island, are remains of easternmost lock. It passed boats traveling to and from Philadelphia by way of Schuylkill Navigation.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

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