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MAPS
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Map of Main Line of Public
Work in Pennsylvania 
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Pennsylvania Canal Land Maps
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GENERAL
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A House Dividing: Economic
Development in Pennsylvania and Virginia Before the
Civil War
An excerpt of a brief history begins on page
115.
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Allegheny Aqueduct
A brief history and description of
the 1845 aqueduct which carried the Main Line canal
across the river. Map and illustration.
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Annual Report of the State
Engineer and Surveyor for the Year 1906
A brief history begins on page 1377.
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Canal Basin Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Blair
County. Current photos and links to related
sites.
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Canals, Volume 1
A brief history, description and map are on page 65.
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Canals
for a Nation
A brief history begins on page 62.
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Central Pennsylvania History at the PA
Canal Basin Park
Includes a brief history and
description of the canal. Current photos and links to
related sites.
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Chronicling America
A set of historical newspaper articles which make
reference to the canal.
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Devastation and Renewal: An
Environmental History of Pittsburgh and Its Region
The impact of the canal on Pittsburgh's development is
described on page 47.
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Digital Public Library of
America
Links to documents related to the canal.
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Early Trip to Pittsburgh
An article begins on page 6 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Encyclopedia of American
Urban History
A brief history begins on page 117.
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Explore PA History: Pennsylvania Canal
Links to an extensive set of
historical photos, historical markers, maps,
documents, paintings, etc.
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Geography of Transportation
A brief history is on page 86.
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Hazard's Register of
Pennsylvania, Volume 16 – 1836
Notes of a journey between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
begins on page 140; a report to stockholders begins on
page 414.
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Historic Highways of America
...: The great American Canals, Vol. 1
Includes a history of the canal.
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Historic Liverpool, Pennsylvania
A brief history of the community,
including reference to the canal. Links to a map and
interviews with a former canal boat captain.
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History And Geology of The
Pennsylvania Main-Line Canal (Western Division) In
Southern Indiana County
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History of Pennsylvania
A brief history begins on page 207.
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History
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
A brief history begins on page 9.
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History of Tunnelview Historic
Area
A brief history and description of
the tunnel and adjacent aqueduct.
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Internal Improvement:
National Public Works and the Promise of Popular
Government in the Early United States
Includes a brief history of the canal.
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Johnstown
Flood
A brief history begins on page 70.
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Killing Time: Leisure and
Culture in Southwestern Pennsylvania, 1800-1850
A brief history is on page 47.
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Lake Conemaugh Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in
Cambria County. Historical and current photos
and links to related sites.
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Laws of the General Assembly
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – 1844
An Act autorizing the city of Pittsburgh to rebuild the
canal aqueduct over the Allegheny River begins on page
12.
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Line
A brief history of the canal in
Pittsburgh. Maps and current photos.
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Main Line of Public Works
A brief history and description of
the transportation system. Includes maps and links to
related sites.
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Main Line of Public Works
A brief history and description of
the canal. Current photos.
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Main Line of Public Works
facts for kids
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Middletown Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in
Dauphin County. Current photos and links to
related sites.
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Midstate Marker: The
Pennsylvania Canal video
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Pennsylvania Canal and
Railroad
A brief history of the canal and
railroad that replaced it.
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Pennsylvania Canal Company
signed by Civil War Brigadier General Isaac Jones
Wistar – 1870
Bond certificate for the canal company.
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Pennsylvania Canal Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in
Dauphin County. Current photos and links to related
sites.
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Pennsylvania Canal Historical Marker
Photo and text
of a marker in Allegheny County. Current
photos and links to related sites.
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Pennsylvania Canal Historical Marker
Photo
and text of a marker in Bucks County.
Current photos and links to related sites.
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Pennsylvania Canal Historical Marker
Photo and text
of a marker in Dauphin County. Current photos
and links to related sites.
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Pennsylvania Canal Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Northumberland
County. Current photos and
links to related sites.
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Pennsylvania Canal Historical Marker
Photo and text
of a marker in Perry
County. Current
photos and links to related sites.
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Pennsylvania Canal Society
Spring Field Trip
An article begins on page 6 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Pennsylvania Canal Stock
Certificate images
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Pennsylvania Main Line Canal
A
brief history and description of the canal.
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Pennsylvania Main Line Canal
Includes
a brief history of the canal and current photos.
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Pennsylvania Main Line Canal
Images
A collection of maps, historical and current
illustrations and photos.
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Pennsylvania Main Line Canal
Images
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Pennsylvania Main Line Canal
: Juniata and Western Divisions : special study -
1993
A link to the on-line document.
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Pennsylvania Main Line Canal
videos
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Pennsylvania Newspaper
Archive
A set of historical articles making reference to the
canal.
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Philo E. Thompson's Diary Of
A Journey On The Main Line Canal
An 1836 account of travel on the canal.
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Progressive
Pennsylvania
A history of the canal begins
on page 139.
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Reliance Portable Boat Line
An 1841 newspaper advertisement for one of the canal
boat companies operating on the canal.
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Saltsburg Canal Park Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in
Indiana County. Current photos.
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Sharpsburg’s Canal
A brief history of the canal in the community.
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State Banking in Early
America : A New Economic History
A brief history begins on page 147.
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Susquehanna, River of Dreams
A brief history of the canal begins on page 57.
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Taste of Pennsylvania History
The impact of the canal on the community of Marietta is
on page 259.
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The Canal That Made Pittsburgh Great
An article about the impact of the
canal on the city's growth, and the 1987 discovery of
the remnants of one of the locks in the city. Map
included.
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The Evolution of
Transportation in Western Pennsylvania – 1994
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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The Great Pennsylvania Canal
A brief history of the canal.
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The Influence of the
Pennsylvania Mainline of Public Works
A 2006 article about the canal.
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The National Road
A brief history of the canal begins on page 14.
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The operating seasons of the
Main Line Canal and Allegheny Portage Railroad video
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The Pennsylvania Canal
(1830-1860)
A brief history of the canal. Map and
historical paintings and illustrations.
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The Pennsylvania Journey
A map of the canal is on page 106.
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The Pennsylvania Main Line
Canal
A brief history of the canal. Map and historical
photos.
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The Pennsylvania Main Line
Canal
A newspaper article about the canal.
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The Pennsylvania Main Line
Canal
An extensive history of the canal.
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The Pennsylvania Railroad in
Indiana
A brief history begins on page 13.
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The Philadelphia &
Columbia Railway
A brief history of the eastern-most
segment of the canal system. Historical
illustrations.
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The Reliance Transportation
Company
A newspaper advertisement for a boat company operating
on the canal.
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The Transportation
Revolution, 1815-60
A brief history begins on page 43.
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Two Historic Pennsylvania
Canal Towns – 1989
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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U.S. Grant Goes to West Point
An article begins on page 8 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Western Pennsylvania region :
its landscape, people, and industry – 1994
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Western Transportation Co.
A newspaper advertisement for a boat company operating
on the canal.
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Wet Britches and Muddy Boots:
A History of Travel in Victorian America
A brief history begins on page 160; an advertisement for
a packet on the canal is on page 172.
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Why Was it Called the “Main
Line”?
An article begins on page 10 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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