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

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