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The amazing Pennsylvania canals

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Author
Shank, William H.
Edition
3d ed.
Date of Publication
c1973.
Call Number
386.4 S528
Responsibility
by William H. Shank.
Author
Shank, William H.
Edition
3d ed.
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Publisher
American Canal & Transportation Center,
Date of Publication
c1973.
Physical Description
80 p. illus. 23 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 80.
Subjects
Canals - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
386.4 S528
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The amazing Pennsylvania canals

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3873
Author
Shank, William H.
Edition
150th anniversary ed.
Date of Publication
1981.
Call Number
386.4 S528 1981
Responsibility
by William H. Shank.
ISBN
0933788371
Author
Shank, William H.
Edition
150th anniversary ed.
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Publisher
American Canal & Transportation Center,
Date of Publication
1981.
Physical Description
128 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Contains bibliographical references.
Contents
Chapters: CANAL BOOM OF THE EARLY 1800'S / UNION AND SCHUYLKILL CANALS / THE "MAIN LINE" CANAL SYSTEM DIVISIONS -eastern, western, juniata , and the allegheny portage railroad , the columbia and philadelphia railroad , and the mainline "portable boats" / OTHER DIVISIONS OF THE STATE CANAL SYSTEM - the susquehanna , north branch , west branch , delaware , beaver and erie division , and the wiconisco canal / PRIVATELY OWNED CANALS IN PENNSYLVANIA - delaware and hudson , lehigh , susquehanna and tidewater , conestoga navigation company , the leiper canal , codorus navigation company , and the monongahela navigation company / LIFE ON THE CANALS / PASSING OF AN ERA / APPENDIX
Subjects
Canals - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
386.4 S528 1981
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An early canal project

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1913
wanting to ensure canals in every direction through the State is—money. "Political—Nearly all for Jackson here—A few for Adams—and three for Crawford!" The idea of a canal on the ridge lands about Churchtown reads a trifle ludicrous now; and if an estimated cost of $1,500 per mile was calculated to
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Responsibility
by W. U. Hensel, Esq.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1913
Physical Description
101-105 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 4
Subjects
Canals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 17, number 4 (1913), p. 101-105Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.17
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Annual report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Dept. of Internal Affairs.
Call Number
353.3 P412
Alternate Title
Railroad, canal, navigation and telegraph companies
Railway, canal, navigation, telegraph and telephone companies
Railroad, canal, navigation, telegraph and telephone companies
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Dept. of Internal Affairs.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
The Dept.,
Physical Description
v. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Description based on: 1880.
Subjects
Railroads - Pennsylvania
Telegraph - Pennsylvania
Canals - Pennsylvania
Telephone - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
353.3 P412
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Benjamin Henry Latrobe and the revival of the Gallatin Plan of 1808

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Author
Formwalt, Lee W.
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.48
Responsibility
by Lee W. Formwalt.
Author
Formwalt, Lee W.
Physical Description
99-128.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania History, v.48 (1981)
Subjects
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, - 1764-1820.
Canals - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.48
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Canal days in America: The history and romance of old towpaths and waterways

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Author
Drago, Harry Sinclair,
Edition
[1st ed.].
Date of Publication
[1972]
Call Number
386.4 D759
Responsibility
by Harry Sinclair Drago.
ISBN
0517500876
0517181274
Author
Drago, Harry Sinclair,
Edition
[1st ed.].
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
C.N. Potter; distributed by Crown Publishers
Date of Publication
[1972]
Physical Description
311 p. illus. 29 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 303-305.
Summary
"In the half century following the War of 1812, America went canal crazy, and a network of four thousand miles of artificial waterways was built in the eastern half of the country so as to provide a safe, adequate, and reasonably cheap system of transportation. These canals helped end the isolation of great sections of the country, not only opening a market for the farmer, back-country mills, and factories, but also providing employment for thousands of men - owners, captains, boaters, lock tenders, and weighmasters - most of whom were hard drinking and violent tempered, and often the prey of harpies and their criminal consorts. Life on the canal was seldom placid, and these men regarded themselves a breed apart from the rustics with whom they came into daily contact...." [from the dust jacket]. This book is generously illustrated.
Chapters: 1. How and where it began/ 2. Conecticutt River Canals/ 3. The Blackstone and other Yankee canals/ 4. Down Chesapeake way/ 5. The Dixie canals/ 6. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal/ 7. The James River and Kanawha Canal/ 8. The Delaware and Hudson Canal/ 9. The Lehigh Valley Canal/ 10. The Morris and Delaware Division Canals
Subjects
Waterways - United States
Transportation - United States
Canals - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
386.4 D759
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Author
Sheppard, Richard.
Call Number
905.748 SM (Nov. 1981)
Responsibility
by Richard Sheppard.
Author
Sheppard, Richard.
Physical Description
p. 20 - 25.
Notes
Susquehanna Magazine (November 1981).
Subjects
Canals - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 SM (Nov. 1981)
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Canals along the lower Susquehanna (1796 to 1900): Prepared for the Historical Society of York County

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Author
Smeltzer, Gerald.
Date of Publication
1963.
Call Number
386.4 S638
Responsibility
by Gerald Smeltzer
Author
Smeltzer, Gerald.
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Date of Publication
1963.
Physical Description
140 p. illus., maps. 26 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 138.
Summary
"Canals came at that critical period when demands of transportation far superseded the ability of wagons or river rafts to meet them, and before railroads were sufficiently advanced to "fill the bill." They were snake like streams of water which were made parallel to the river. The Susquehanna alone had some 400 miles of canals along it's shores , while another 400 miles followed the banks of it's tributaries." [from the book's forward]Contents include notes on canal construction, boat details and design, canal nomenclature, and discussion of specific waterways : Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal, Conestoga Navigation, Codorus Navigation, the Central Division of the Pennsylvania Canal (Union Canal and Wisconisco Canal), the Susquehanna Division of the Pennsylvania Canal, the Western Branch, and the North Branch.This book is richly illustrated, has a glossary of canal terms, and an index of pictures by town name.
Subjects
Conestoga Navigation Company.
Canals - Pennyslvania - Lancaster County.
Transportation - Pennsylvania.
Waterways - Pennsylvania.
Canals - Maryland.
Susquehanna River.
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of York County (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
386.4 S638
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Canals and railroads of the Mid-Atlantic states, 1800-1860

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Author
Baer, Christopher T.
Date of Publication
1981.
Call Number
386 B141 Oversize
Responsibility
Christopher T. Baer ; general editors, Glenn Porter and William H. Mulligan, Jr. ; cartographers, Marley E. Amstutz, Anne E. Webster ; research assistants, Betsy Bahr ... [et al.] ; cartographic assistants, Niki Chester, Duncan E. Hay, Beth Hoffstein.
ISBN
091465019X (pbk.)
Author
Baer, Christopher T.
Place of Publication
Wilmington, Del
Publisher
Regional Economic History Research Center, Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation,
Date of Publication
1981.
Physical Description
iv, 51, [29] p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 31 cm.
Notes
Five maps on folded leaves in pocket.
Bibliography: p. 11-29.
Subjects
Canals - Middle Atlantic States
Railroads - Middle Atlantic States
Additional Author
Porter, Glenn.
Mulligan, William H.
Amstutz, Marley E.
Webster, Anne E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
386 B141 Oversize
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Canals - Information file

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Call Number
Information file - Canals
Notes
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Subjects
Canals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Information File
Call Number
Information file - Canals
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