Pennsylvania Main Line Canal (historical)

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canal system transportation infrastructure

The Pennsylvania Main Line Canal was a 19th-century transportation waterway that formed part of Pennsylvania’s Main Line of Public Works, linking the state’s interior communities to major trade routes before the rise of railroads.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pennsylvania Canal system 1
Pennsylvania Main Line Canal (historical) canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal system ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ
cargo agricultural products ⓘ
coal ⓘ
iron ⓘ
lumber ⓘ
connectsCity Columbia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harrisburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hollidaysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Johnstown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsTo Delaware River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ohio River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsWith Allegheny Portage Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Columbia–Philadelphia Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Juniata Division Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Division Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionMethod combination of canals and inclined-plane railroads ⓘ
constructionStart 1826 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1857 ⓘ
endPoint Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows Allegheny River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Conemaugh River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Juniata River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kiskiminetas River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Susquehanna River NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus historical transportation route ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
impact stimulated economic development in interior Pennsylvania ⓘ
inception 1826 ⓘ
lengthApprox approximately 395 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
openingDate 1834 ⓘ
operator Commonwealth of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy Commonwealth of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Main Line of Public Works NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States canal era ⓘ
trans-Appalachian transport corridor ⓘ
purpose facilitate east–west trade across Pennsylvania ⓘ
link interior communities to Atlantic ports ⓘ
replacedBy Pennsylvania Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent enabled faster travel between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh before rail dominance ⓘ
startPoint Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
usedFor freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania → servedBy → Pennsylvania Main Line Canal (historical) ⓘ
Juniata River → historicallyAssociatedWith → Pennsylvania Main Line Canal (historical) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Canal system