Leiper Canal

. cite book | last = Shank | first = William H. | title = The Amazing Pennsylvania Canals, 150th Anniversary Edition | publisher = American Canal and Transportation Center | date = 1986 | location = York, Pennsylvania | pages = 74 | isbn=0-933788-37-1]

The horse-drawn tramway, the Leiper Railroad, carried stone from the quarry for 18 years before the opening of the canal. [cite book | last = McMasters | first = John Bach | title = A History of the People of the United States from the Revolution to the Civil War| publisher = D. Appleton and Company | date = 1920 | location = New York and London | pages = 494 | url =http://books.google.com/books?vid=LCCN13020148&id=2bxamqeAE9EC&pg=PA494&lpg=PA494&dq=railroad+%22Thomas+Leiper%22+date:1600-1923&num=100#PPA494,M1] The tramway was built by Leiper's father, Thomas Leiper, whose request to build a canal in 1791 was denied by the Pennsylvania Legislature. However, the Legislature of 1824 approved a second canal proposal by Thomas Leiper, and the construction project was carried out by his son. [cite web | title = Nether Providence Through the Years | publisher = Nether Providence Historical Society | url = http://www.delcohistory.org/nphs/nether_2.htm | accessdate = 2007-11-11] The Leiper Canal was one of several privately funded canals such as the Union Canal and the Schuylkill Canal that operated in Pennsylvania during the same era as the Pennsylvania Canal.

The Leiper Estate was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. [cite web | title = National Register Information System | publisher = National Park Service | url = http://www.nr.nps.gov/iwisapi/explorer.dll?IWS_SCHEMA=NRIS1&IWS_LOGIN=1&IWS_REPORT=100000039| accessdate = 2008-01-20] The Thomas Leiper House has been turned into a public museum in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. [cite web | title = Delaware County History: Historic Sites | publisher = delcohistory.org | url = http://www.delcohistory.org/sites.htm | accessdate = 2008-01-20]

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External links

* [http://www.ridleytownshiphistory.com/leiper_canal.htm#CANAL The Leiper Canal]
* [http://leiperchurch1818.tripod.com/id2.html Thomas Leiper, Founder, and His Impact on Delaware County]
* [http://www.netherprovidence.org/dnn/brbTownshipProfileb/TownshipTreasures/tabid/57/Default.aspx Township Treasures: The Thomas Leiper House]