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 ...

NMAH copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. "Between 1826 and 1858 the state of Pennsylvania built and operated the largest and most technologically advanced system of canals and railroads in ...

The 58.9-mile Delaware Canal State Park Towpath in Bucks and Northampton counties has been named Pennsylvania’s 2022 Trail of the Year. The towpath passes through 18 municipalities and is part of the ...