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Pennsylvania Canal (Western Division)

Pennsylvania Canal (Western Division) is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Leechburg, Armstrong County, dedicated 2017.

Armstrong County · dedicated 2017 · park adjacent park adjacent to 476 Canal St., Leechburg

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A state-owned canal system, built 1826-34, to connect Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Erie. This 104-mile division ran from Johnstown to Pittsburgh and was part of the canal's mainline. In 1827, Dam #1 was constructed at Leechburg, and it supplied the remainder of the route to Pittsburgh with water and 7 miles of slack water navigation to Apollo, Pa. The dam remained in operation until 1865 and washed away in the Johnstown Flood of 1889.

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