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Pennsylvania Canal was a state-owned canal system built from 1826 to 1834 to connect Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Lake Erie. The first lock on the canal to be dedicated, on March 13, 1827, was Penn Lock, 150 yards east. It was replaced in 1859 by Locks No. 10 and 11.
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