The Pennsylvania Canal

The Pennsylvania Canal (HM2IK0)

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N 40° 3.514', W 76° 32.115'

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This section of the canal was built between 1830-1833. The canal was used to transport coal, Mules or horses pulled canal boats. The anthracite coal from northeast Pennsylvania was conveyed to the iron furnaces through the canal network, which also supported the local lumber mills, planing mills and taverns. The concrete pump house was used to supply the Musselman Furnace with water that water was needed to cool the stoves and the furnace and to supply water to the steam engines that supplied power for the skip hoist and the blower engines. The pump house was located on the river side of the canal bed and is still visible today.
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HM NumberHM2IK0
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Placed ByRivertownes PA USA; Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority
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Date Added Monday, July 8th, 2019 at 5:03pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 369060 N 4435386
Decimal Degrees40.05856667, -76.53525000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 3.514', W 76° 32.115'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 3' 30.84" N, 76° 32' 6.9000000000001" W
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