|
A brief description of the
canals and rail roads of the United States 1834
A brief description is on page 32.
|
|
A Connected View of the Whole
Internal Navigation of the United States 1830
Rates of tolls for the canal for 1830 are on page 561.
|
|
A Gazetteer of the State of
Pennsylvania 1832
A brief history and description begins on page 42.
|
|
A history of Lebanon County
prior to 1876 1913
Reference to the canal is on page 130.
|
|
Acts of the Legislature of
Pennsylvania Relating to the Schuylkill Navigation
Company, Issue 4 1830
An Act relating to the canal begins on page 27.
|
|
Annual Report of the Auditor
General of the State of Pennsylvania 1874
A report for the canal for the year 1873 begins on page
874.
|
|
Annual Report of the Managers of the
Union Canal Company of Pennsylvania - 1830
A link to the report.
|
|
Annual Report of the State
Engineer and Surveyor for the Year 1906
A brief history and description of
the canal and the Pine Grove Branch begins on page
1391. Includes a Statement of Operations for the years
1828 - 1884.
|
|
Canals for a Nation
A brief history begins on page 59.
|
|
Chronicling America
A set of historical newspaper articles making reference
to the canal.
|
|
Coal and Coal Trade Journal,
Volume 36 1905
Some details regarding the canal are on page 12.
|
|
Conrad's Warehouse (Union
Canal Warehouse)
Historic and descriptive data about the former warehouse
along the canal.
|
|
Digital Public Library of
America
Links to historical photos and documents.
|
|
Engineers Legacy Still
Stands
An article begins on page 14 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
|
|
Guide to the historical
markers of Pennsylvania 1952
An index of references to the canal within the document.
|
|
Hazard's
Register of Pennsylvania, Volume 12 - 1834
The 1833 annual report for the canal
company begins on page 347.
|
|
Hazard's Register of
Pennsylvania, Volume 16 1836
Tolls received during the week ending June 12 is on page
16; the 1835 annual report begins on page 353.
|
|
Historical and biographical
annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania 1909
Reference to the canal is on page 34.
|
|
Historical Collections of the
State of Pennsylvania 1843
A brief history begins on page 417.
|
|
History of Berks county in
Pennsylvania 1886
Reference to the canal is on page 444.
|
|
History of Reading,
Pennsylvania 1898
Reference to the canal is on page 45.
|
|
History of the Counties of
Berks and Lebanon 1844
References to the canal are on pages 350 and 378-382.
|
|
History of the Counties of
Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of
Pennsylvania 1883
References to the canal in Dauphin County are on pages
116, 321 and 380. References in Lebanon
County are on pages 3, 61, 174 and 185.
|
|
History of the Union Canal
Company
A brief history of the canal. Link to a video
about the tunnel on the canal.
|
|
Hunt's Merchants' Magazine
and Commercial Review, Volume 24 1851
Statistics from the 1850 annual report begin on page
762.
|
|
Middletown Borough 2009
Reference to the canal and historical photos are on
pages 8, 85 and 86.
|
|
New York Public Library
Digital Collection
A collection of historical photos of the canal.
|
|
Notes and Queries,
Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating
Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania 1895
A brief history is on page 487.
|
|
Papers and addresses of the
Lebanon County Historical Society 1909
An index of references to the canal within the document.
|
|
Papers Written in Opposition to the
Union Canal
A link to the 1817 paper.
|
|
Pennsylvania Newspaper
Archive 
A set of historical articles making
reference to the canal.
|
|
Pennsylvania's Union Canal
A brief history of the canal,
including descriptions of remnants of the canal.
|
|
Railway World, Volume 30
1886
A brief history is on page 606.
|
|
Reading and Berks County,
Pennsylvania, A History · Volume 1 1925
References to the canal are on pages 51, 357 and 359.
|
|
Register of Pennsylvania
1835
Statistics on the types and quantities of goods
transferred downbound from the Union to the Schuylkill
Canal, and upbound from the latter to the former canal
begin on page 39.
|
|
Report of the Committee of
the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania 1832
A brief history of the canal, and the role of lotterys
to fund its construction, begins on page 4.
|
|
Report of the President and
Managers of the Union Canal Company of Pennsylvania
to the Stockholders 1818
|
|
Report to the legislature of
Pennsylvania : containing a description of the
Swatara mining district 1839
An index of references to the canal within the document.
|
|
The canals of Pennsylvania
and the system of internal improvements 1901
An index of references to the canal within the document.
|
|
The Chronicles of Middletown
c1906
References to the canal are on pages 67 and 124.
|
|
The Philadelphia-Baltimore
Trade Rivalry: 1780-1860, 1947
An index of references to the canal within the document.
|
|
The Register of Pennsylvania,
Volume 6 1831
The annual report for 1830 begins on page 344.
|
|
The rise and fall of the Union
Canal: A tale of ambition, struggle, and ingenuity
|
|
The rise of an iron
community, an economic history of Lebanon County,
Pennsylvania, from 1740-1865, 1950
An index of references to the canal within the document.
|
|
The town of Water Works and
its connection to the Union Canal
|
|
The Union Canal
A brief history of the
canal. Historical and current photos and
map.
|
|
The Union Canal (Part 1)
An article begins on page 4 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
|
|
The Union Canal (Part 2)
The article concludes on page 3 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
|
|
The Union Canal in Berks
County, Pennsylvania
A brief history of the canal.
|
|
The Union Canal, Lebanon
County PA
Historical newspaper articles about the canal in Lebanon
County.
|
|
Tulpehocken Creek Historic
District
Includes a brief history of the canal and its impact on
Berks County.
|
|
Union Canal
A brief history and description of the canal, the
tunnel and its Pine Grove Feeder.
|
|
Union Canal Company of
Pennsylvania
Photo of a stock certificate for the company.
|
|
Union Canal
A
brief history and description of the canal. Map
and current photo.
|
|
Union Canal Company of
Pennsylvania
Photo of an 1855 stock certificate.
|
|
Union Canal Company of
Pennsylvania Bond 1853
|
|
Union Canal (Pennsylvania)
A brief history and description of
the canal. Map and link to related sites.
|
|
Union Canal Historical Markers
An index of markers related to the
canal.
|
|
Union Canal Locks, Bernville
Vicinity
Historical and descriptive data about the canal in this
area.
|
|
Union Canal Lottery
An 1831 newspaper advertisement for a lottery to help
fund construction of the canal.
|
|
Union Canal Photos
A set of photos of the canal.
|
|
Union Canal Tunnel
A brief history and description of
the canal. Current photos.
|
|
Union Canal Tunnel
A brief history and description of the structure.
|
|
Union Canal Tunnel
A brief history and description of
the tunnel. Current photos.
|
|
Union Canal Tunnel
A brief history and description of
the tunnel. Current photo.
|
|
Union Canal videos
|
|
Union Transportation Line
An 1836 newspaper advertisement for one of the
transportation companies operating on the canal.
|