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Pennsylvania Canal

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Pennsylvania's state-owned artificial waterway system, built from 1826 to 1834, was designed to connect places such as Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Erie in a vast inland trade. It included six chief canal divisions and two railroads. At this location, the Susquehanna, Juniata, and Eastern Divisions joined at a canal basin.
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