I have come across a lot of good Schuylkill Canal info recently and plan to do a few stories on the all but forgotten men who worked on the canal. Chartered in 1831, tracks were laid from the "flats" in Schuylkill Haven along …
It is located in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States and is an old commercial waterway that provided water power and transportation to the area in the early 1800s. This act was soon followed by the 1972 Pennsylvania equivalent known as the “Pennsylvania Scenic Rivers Act”. Today, the Manayunk Canal marks its bicentennial as an integral part of Philadelphia’s industrial history — part of a 32-dam system that made the shallow, rocky Schuylkill navigable — and later the backdrop for a boutique- and bar-lined retail district and recreation area. The Schuylkill Navigation Company operated from 1825 to 1917. Through the 1830s and 1840s, short railroads sprouted up at numerous areas in the county. Join the Schuylkill Canal Association for a discussion on the history of the Schuylkill Canal from it birth to its present day. The Schuylkill Canal correctly referred to as: "The Schuylkill Navigation Company" was first opened in July of 1824. Several miles of the Canal were dug and 5 locks were built between Myerstown and Lebanon before financial difficulties caused the work to … schuylkill canal page: new articles just added including the interesting obituary for lock tender john boussum, low water from drought in 1841, a riot by boatmen in town, a mother and child saved from drowning in the canal and shipping coal on the canal gets busier over 2200 photos and over 4000 articles throughout the site ! Most of the traffic on the canal carried anthracite from the coal region to Philadelphia. The Union Canal was a towpath canal that existed in southeastern Pennsylvania in the United States during the 19th century. History of Schuylkill River Greenways NHA. Photos: June 2007, Philip Krugler, photographer. Lock 60 at Schuylkill Canal Park, 610-917-0021. In 1968, the U.S. Congress enacted the “Wild and Scenic Rivers Act” which was designed to call attention to the negative conditions which were causing the pollution of American rivers. ! The canal stretched from Philadelphia to Port Carbon a distance of 108 miles. Harry L. Rinker in his book, The Schuylkill Navigation: a Photographic History, points out that this "canal" was more properly a "navigation system" because it consisted of 18 dams, 23 canals which covered 57.73 miles, 120 locks, 17 stone aqueducts, one 450 foot long tunnel, 50.50 miles of slack water pools, 23 canals covering 57.73 miles, and 31 houses for toll and lock keepers when it was completed in May … A SCHUYLKILL CANAL BOAT Here is the story of a Canal Boat Captain from Schuylkill Haven who tragically died while working on the canal.
Thomas Oakes was the navigation company’s first principal engineer, and the canal’s designer in 1820. The canal’s original name was Oakes Reach.
A "reach" is the flat water of a canal between two locks. The actual name for what is commonly called the Schuylkill Canal is "Schuylkill Navigation". Rise and Fall of the Schuylkill Navigation System. Lock 60 at Schuylkill Canal Park, 610-917-0021. When the Schuylkill Canal was widened, it was necessary to destroy Keim Furnace. The discussion will be followed by the opening of Lock 60 at 3:00. Schuylkill Canal, Pennsylvania,1824. Of prime importance was the Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven, which served the Schuylkill Canal. Schuylkill Canal – Aqueducts When the path of the Schuylkill Canal bisected a creek it was necessary to build an aqueduct to carry the canal over the creek.