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Union Canal Locks, Bernville, Berks County, PA
Summary
Significance: The ruins of these locks document 19th-century canal technology, and illustrate the importance of water transportation in the first half of the century. Although the Union Canal failed to become the major trade route its sponsors had hoped for, the canal was important for transportation and communication in the local farming community.
Survey number: HAER PA-66
Building/structure dates: 1821-1827 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1978 Demolished
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
White, Canvass
Baldwin, Loammi
United States Army Corp of Engineers, photographer
Campbell, Stuart, historian
Hawley, Monica E, historian
Location
Bernville (Pa.), 40.43343, -76.11216
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
