- Wiconisco Canal
. The state began construction of the canal in 1838. 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 = 56 | isbn=0-933788-37-1]
The canal was a feeder to the canals of the
Main Line of Public Works , part of the complex system known as thePennsylvania Canal . Between Millersburg and Duncan's Island, the Wiconisco Canal descended convert|35|ft|m|0 overcome by 14 locks.cite book | last = Poor | first = Henry Varnum | title = History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States | publisher = J.H. Schultz and Company | date = 1860 | location = New York | pages = 557 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=M0YKAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA13-PA557&lpg=RA13-PA557&dq=wiconisco+canal&source=web&ots=glXsVhrJfx&sig=9ppyIJFaBY2lCXIO1Ka6mxeGFpc#PRA13-PA557,M1] In 1845, the state transferred the canal, almost complete, to the Wiconisco Canal Company, which used it to ship coal from mines in the Lykens Valley.cite book | last = Poor | first = Henry Varnum | title = History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States | publisher = J.H. Schultz and Company | date = 1860 | location = New York | pages = 557 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=M0YKAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA13-PA557&lpg=RA13-PA557&dq=wiconisco+canal&source=web&ots=glXsVhrJfx&sig=9ppyIJFaBY2lCXIO1Ka6mxeGFpc#PRA13-PA557,M1] The canal continued to operate until 1890. [cite book | last = Kapsch | first = Robert J. | title = Canals | publisher = W.W. Norton and Company | date = 2004 | location = New York | pages = 74 |isbn = 0393730883 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=8b4u5JvyJKIC&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=wiconisco+canal&source=web&ots=wXp2hvCIko&sig=Odn8B58s0hmG2FEb7snB5wYG5v8]References
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