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Abandoned lock on the Union Canal

The Union Canal was a towpath canal that existed in southeastern Pennsylvania in the United States during the 19th century. First proposed by William Penn in 16...
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The Union Canal was a towpath canal that existed in southeastern Pennsylvania in the United States during the 19th century. First proposed by William Penn in 1690 to connect Philadelphia with the Susquehanna River, it ran approximately 82 mi from Middletown on the Susquehanna below Harrisburg to Reading on the Schuylkill River. Although construction began in 1792 during the George Washington Administration, financial difficulties delayed its completion until 1828. Called the "Golden Link," it provided a critical early transportation route for the shipment of anthracite coal and lumber eastward to Philadelphia. Although closed in the 1880s, remnants of the canal remain.
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