Schuylkill Canal

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The Schuylkill Canal is a historic 19th-century navigation canal in eastern Pennsylvania that was built along the Schuylkill River to transport coal and other goods to markets such as Philadelphia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
historic place ⓘ
builtInCentury 19th century ⓘ
category Canals in Pennsylvania ⓘ
Historic canals in the United States ⓘ
connectedTo Philadelphia ⓘ
constructionStartedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
era Industrial Revolution ⓘ
follows Schuylkill River ⓘ
historicalUse coal transport ⓘ
freight transport ⓘ
locatedAlong Schuylkill River ⓘ
locatedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedInRegion eastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
namedAfter Schuylkill River ⓘ
partOf Schuylkill River navigation system ⓘ
linked to: Schuylkill Canal
primaryPurpose transportation of coal ⓘ
servedMarket Philadelphia ⓘ
significance facilitated regional commerce ⓘ
supported coal industry in Pennsylvania ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
transportedCommodity agricultural products ⓘ
anthracite coal ⓘ
general merchandise ⓘ
transportMode water transport ⓘ
usedFor transportation of goods ⓘ
waterwayType inland waterway ⓘ

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Upper Providence Township, Pennsylvania → hasWatercourse → Schuylkill Canal (historic) ⓘ
linked to: Schuylkill Canal
Schuylkill Valley → traversedBy → Schuylkill Canal ⓘ
Port Carbon, Pennsylvania → servedBy → Schuylkill Canal ⓘ
subject linked to: served by Schuylkill Canal
Port Carbon, Pennsylvania → hasTransportInfrastructure → Schuylkill Canal ⓘ
subject linked to: served by Schuylkill Canal
Port Carbon, Pennsylvania → hasWaterway → Schuylkill Canal ⓘ
subject linked to: served by Schuylkill Canal
Schuylkill Canal → partOf → Schuylkill River navigation system ⓘ
linked to: Schuylkill Canal