Saltsburg Canal Park

Site of PA. main line canal 1829-1864

In Saltsburg were two boatyards, warehouses, lift lock no. 8 & A turning basin. Salt was shipped from wells nearby. Passengers traveled on packet boats. One of these was owned & operated by J.M. ...

Saltsburg

First salt well in the vicinity was drilled, 1813-14. By the 1830's this area had become a leading U.S. salt producer. Important to its shipment was the Pennsylvania Canal's Western Division. The canal crossed here, 1829-1864, and was the lifeline ...