The Schuylkill Canal
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The Schuylkill Canal
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Author : Karen Rodemich Roman
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2015-06-15
The Schuylkill Canal written by Karen Rodemich Roman and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-15 with Photography categories.
In 1825, the Schuylkill Navigation Company completed a waterway of 108 miles, linking Port Carbon to Philadelphia. The waterway, known as the Schuylkill Navigation but commonly referred to today as the Schuylkill Canal, consisted of a system of interconnected canals (often called reaches), locks, and slack-water pools to transport anthracite coal. Before that time, Philadelphia depended on the import of coal from Europe. The Schuylkill Canal was operational until 1931, around the time of the collapse of commercial traffic in the navigation. Only two watered stretches of the canal remain today: the approximately 2.5 miles of the original 3.5 miles of Oakes Reach between Oaks and Mont Clare and the one-mile reach in Manayunk. While these areas are no longer used for navigation, they are enjoyed recreationally by many in the surrounding communities.
Schuylkill Canal
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Author : Karen Rodemich Roman
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Release Date : 2015-06-15
Schuylkill Canal written by Karen Rodemich Roman and has been published by Arcadia Library Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-15 with History categories.
In 1825, the Schuylkill Navigation Company completed a waterway of 108 miles, linking Port Carbon to Philadelphia. The waterway, known as the Schuylkill Navigation but commonly referred to today as the Schuylkill Canal, consisted of a system of interconnected canals (often called reaches), locks, and slack-water pools to transport anthracite coal. Before that time, Philadelphia depended on the import of coal from Europe. The Schuylkill Canal was operational until 1931, around the time of the collapse of commercial traffic in the navigation. Only two watered stretches of the canal remain today: the approximately 2.5 miles of the original 3.5 miles of Oakes Reach between Oaks and Mont Clare and the one-mile reach in Manayunk. While these areas are no longer used for navigation, they are enjoyed recreationally by many in the surrounding communities.
Along The Schuylkill River
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Author : Laura Catalano
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2009
Along The Schuylkill River written by Laura Catalano and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
The Schuylkill River got its name, meaning "hidden river," from Dutch settlers who discovered its mouth sequestered behind the Delaware River's League Island. It later became a river of revolutions. Along its banks Revolutionary War battles were fought, and George Washington's army famously camped at Valley Forge. Later the river helped fuel the Industrial Revolution with coal from Schuylkill County shipped to Philadelphia via the Schuylkill Canal. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad began here and grew into the largest corporation in the world. The iron and steel industry flourished along its waters. The Schuylkill River Desilting Project of the 1950s was the first large-scale cleanup of its kind and helped usher in an environmental revolution. The nation's first public water supply was developed here, and its first zoo and university overlook the river.
Schuylkill Canal Pennsylvania
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1920
Schuylkill Canal Pennsylvania written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1920 with Canals categories.
Inland
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Author : Sandy Sorlien
language : en
Publisher: George F Thompson Publishing
Release Date : 2022-06
Inland written by Sandy Sorlien and has been published by George F Thompson Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06 with Photography categories.
The Schuylkill River flows more than 100 miles from the mountains of the Pennsylvania Coal Region to the Delaware River. It passes through five counties - Schuylkill, Berks, Chester, Montgomery, and Philadelphia - and its valley is home to more than three million people, yet few are aware of the hidden ruins and traces left by a pioneering 200-year-old inland waterway: the Schuylkill Navigation. Some of it is literally buried in their own backyards.0Often called the Schuylkill Canal, this complex Navigation system actually boasted twenty-seven canals. The first of the anthracite-carrying routes in America, the 108-mile Navigation shadowed the Schuylkill River for nearly all its length. It once had more than thirty dams and slackwater pools, more than 100 stone locks, numerous aqueducts, and the first transportation tunnel in the nation. They were all built by hand starting in 1816.0In the 1940s, as part of a massive environmental cleanup of the river, this important and influential infrastructure was largely dismantled - but not entirely.What happened to the rest of it?0Photographer Sandy Sorlien resolved to find out. Over the course of seven years, she traveled upriver repeatedly to bushwhack along the riverbanks and to row and paddle in the river itself.0Along with Sorlien's full-color plates and explanatory essays, Inland features a selection of historic images, rare historic Schuylkill Navigation Company maps, and early Philadelphia Watering Committee plans. The book also includes a foreword by renowned landscape scholar John R. Stilgoe, an essay on regional transportation history by Mike Szilagyi, Trails Project Manager for the Schuylkill River Greenways Natural Heritage Area, and an afterword by Karen Young, Director of the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center.
Report Of The President And Managers Of The Schuylkill Navigation Company To The Stockholders January 6th 1851
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Author : Schuylkill Navigation Company
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1851
Report Of The President And Managers Of The Schuylkill Navigation Company To The Stockholders January 6th 1851 written by Schuylkill Navigation Company and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1851 with Canal companies categories.
The Schuylkill Navigation Company
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Author : Schuylkill Navigation Company
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1852
The Schuylkill Navigation Company written by Schuylkill Navigation Company and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1852 with Canal companies categories.
"The articles which compose the body of the following pamphlet, were originally published as leading editorials in the North America."--Introductory note
Schuylkill Canal Pennsylvania Hearings On H R 123206 A Bill To Cause A Survey To Be Made
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1920
Schuylkill Canal Pennsylvania Hearings On H R 123206 A Bill To Cause A Survey To Be Made written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1920 with categories.
Progress Report On The Schuylkill River Project
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Author : Schuylkill River Project Engineers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948
Progress Report On The Schuylkill River Project written by Schuylkill River Project Engineers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with categories.
Resolutions Of The Stockholders Of The Delaware And Schuylkill Canal Navigation At A Meeting Held March 12 1796
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Author : Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Company
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1796
Resolutions Of The Stockholders Of The Delaware And Schuylkill Canal Navigation At A Meeting Held March 12 1796 written by Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Company and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1796 with Canals categories.