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Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal
Chartered by Pennsylvania, 1835; run by the canal company,...
Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal
Chartered by Pennsylvania, 1835; run by the canal company,...
The Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal
Before the hydroelectric companies built dams on the river...
The Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal
The 45-mile long Susquehanna (PA) and Tidewater (MD) Canal...
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Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal
Chartered by Pennsylvania, 1835; run by the canal company, 1840-1872, and the Reading Railroad till 1894. Followed the river for 45 miles below Columbia.
Marker is on Long Level Road PA 624 0.3 miles south of Calvary Church Road, on the ...
Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal
Chartered by Pennsylvania, 1835; run by the canal company, 1840-1872, and the Reading Railroad till 1894. Followed the river for 45 miles below Columbia.
Marker is on Furnace Road PA 425 0.1 miles north of Goram Road, on the left when ...
The Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal
Before the hydroelectric companies built dams on the river in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the lower reaches of the Susquehanna were shallow, rocky, and virtually unnavigable.
In the 1830s, Baltimore merchants campaigned for funding to build a canal ...
The Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal
The 45-mile long Susquehanna (PA) and Tidewater (MD) Canal ran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania to Havre de Grace, Maryland. The canal was built between 1835 and 1839 in order to improve commerce on the Susquehanna River. The new canal would connect ...