Pennsylvania Canal (Susquehanna Division)

Pennsylvania Canal (Susquehanna Division) is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Perry County, dedicated 1952.

Perry County · dedicated 1952 · US 11 & 15

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Here is Lift Lock No. 5 of this Division. Through it thousands of canal boats, bearing products from various points along the North and West Branches of the Susquehanna, passed annually until 1901, with their destination Philadelphia, New York, and Baltimore.

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Pennsylvania Canal (Susquehanna Division)

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