Union Canal

Union Canal is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Lebanon County, dedicated 1950.

Lebanon County · dedicated 1950 · Benj. Franklin Hwy. (US 422) at Ramona Rd., 1 mile W of Myerstown

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This canal was in use from 1828-1884. About .3 mile south at the Tulpehocken, are remains of one of the locks by which boats descended from the summit level north of Lebanon to the Schuylkill at Reading.

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

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