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Union Canal

Dauphin County · dedicated 1950 · E Main St. / E Harrisburg Pk. (PA 230) between RR tracks & Swatara Creek, E end of Middletown

This canal was operated from 1828-1884. It connected the Susquehanna at Middletown with the Schuylkill at Reading, following the Swatara and Tulpehocken Creeks. Much coal and iron ore were transported. Course of canal was just west of old mill race.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

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