PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) – Along Walnut Street in Harrisburg is a state marker that commemorates the first dedication of a lock on the Pennsylvania Canal, which was constructed between 1826 and 1834. In a ...
The American canals of the early 19th century were, as canal expert William H. Shank has written, “amazing” and “nostalgic” and “romantic.” They also were rapidly run out of business by railroads that ...
Westmoreland County Museum of Art, 1975: Registration Records. The Permanent Collection: Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA, 1978, no. 248. Chew, Paul ...
Before the construction of dams, travel on the Allegheny and Kiskiminetas rivers was dependent on seasonal rains. At times, the water in the river channels was not deep enough for boat traffic. The ...