Pennsylvania Main Line Canal (historical)

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal system ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ
cargo agricultural products ⓘ
coal ⓘ
iron ⓘ
lumber ⓘ
connectsCity Columbia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Harrisburg ⓘ
Hollidaysburg ⓘ
Johnstown ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
Pittsburgh ⓘ
connectsTo Delaware River watershed ⓘ
Ohio River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Ohio River basin
connectsWith Allegheny Portage Railroad ⓘ
Columbia–Philadelphia Railroad ⓘ
Juniata Division Canal ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania Canal

Western Division Canal ⓘ
constructionMethod combination of canals and inclined-plane railroads ⓘ
constructionStart 1826 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1857 ⓘ
endPoint Pittsburgh ⓘ
follows Allegheny River ⓘ
Conemaugh River ⓘ
Juniata River ⓘ
Kiskiminetas River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Susquehanna River ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania
ownedBy Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania
partOf Main Line of Public Works ⓘ
United States canal era ⓘ
trans-Appalachian transport corridor ⓘ
purpose facilitate east–west trade across Pennsylvania ⓘ
link interior communities to Atlantic ports ⓘ
replacedBy Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
significantEvent enabled faster travel between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh before rail dominance ⓘ
startPoint Philadelphia ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
usedFor freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ

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Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania → servedBy → Pennsylvania Main Line Canal (historical) ⓘ
Juniata River → historicallyAssociatedWith → Pennsylvania Canal system ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania Main Line Canal (historical)
Allegheny Portage Railroad → partOf → Main Line of Public Works of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania Main Line Canal (historical)
Saltsburg, Pennsylvania → hasTransportationHistory → Pennsylvania Main Line Canal ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania Main Line Canal (historical)