Pennsylvania Canal (Eastern Division)

Pennsylvania Canal (Eastern Division) is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Dauphin, Dauphin County, dedicated 1952.

Rt. 147, just off exit from US 22/322 (east side of Clarks Ferry Bridge), Dauphin

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This Division was built, 1826-33; operated until 1901. Here, at old Clark's Ferry Towpath Bridge, the State's great inland canal traffic in iron, coal, and lumber crossed the Susquehanna. Lykens Valley coal trade, by way of Wiconisco Canal, joined it on the east bank.

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Historical maps covering this location

1823 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Map Of Pennsylvania And New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1871 · Plate H. South Central Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Map Of Pennsylvania And New Jersey, 1825, covering the location of Pennsylvania Canal (Eastern Division), with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map Of Pennsylvania And New Jersey, 1825, covering this location. David Rumsey 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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