Wiconisco Canal Aqueduct No. 3, Spanning Powell Creek at State Route 147, Halifax, Dauphin County, PA

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Significance: Originally a component of the Pennsylvania Canal system, this aqueduct was the largest bridge on the state-initiated and privately completed Wiconisco Canal. Hewn from the foot of Peter's Mountain where it forms the eastern bank of the Susquehanna River, the canal facilitated the transportation of coal from the anthracite fields of northern Dauphin County southward to the East Branch through Harrisburg, and thence to points east...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N601

Survey number: HAER PA-496

Building/structure dates: 1838-1840 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: after. 1890- before. 1928 Subsequent Work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 88000823

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1969 - 1980

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Harrison, William R

Mish, George

Pennsylvania Canal Company

Bailey, John P

Rutherford, John P

Sallade, Simon

Corbett, William

Corbett, J C

Wiconisco Canal Company

Pennsylvania Railroad

DeLony, Eric N, project manager

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor

Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor

Shackleford, Ben A, historian

Lowe, Jet, photographer

Halifax (Pa.) , 40.44661, -76.94271

Library of Congress

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