canals
APRR: Take a Trip
January 21, 2007 - 4:32pm — PaulaZ
It hasn’t operated for more than 150 years, but, believe it or not, you can still travel the Allegheny Portage Railroad.
APRR: The Hollidaysburg Canal Basin
January 21, 2007 - 2:39pm — PaulaZ
Location(s)
APRR Hollidaysburg Canal BasinHollidaysburg, PASee map: Google Maps
APRR: The Johnstown Canal Basin
January 21, 2007 - 1:37pm — PaulaZ
Location(s)
Johnstown Canal BasinJohnstown, PASee map: Google MapsIn the centre of the town, a large basin is formed by damming the Conemaugh, to accommodate the great fleet of canal-boats plying between this place
Bluestone and lumber: Pike County, Pennsylvania
December 28, 2006 - 10:01am — Storytrax
Location(s)
Pike CountyMilford, PASee map: Google MapsPike County, PA was formed on March 26, 1814 from Wayne County and named for Rocky Mountain explorer Zebulon M.
Iron and a Canal
October 11, 2006 - 12:04pm — Storytrax
Location(s)
MilesburgPASee map: Google MapsMilesburg Borough was founded in 1793 by Colonel Samuel Miles, a Revolutionary War officer, land speculator, early mayor of Philadelphia, and part owner of Centre Furnace Iron Work
Bald Eagle Valley Commercial Center
October 11, 2006 - 11:58am — Storytrax
Location(s)
HowardPASee map: Google MapsHoward Borough's first settler, William Tipton, was a millwright and keel boat operator who built his house along Bald Eagle Creek in 1800.
