Leiper Canal

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Early in the 19th century, the Leiper Canal built in 1828–29 during the middle of the American canal age ran about 3 miles (5 km) along Crum Creek in Delaware County to its mouth in Eastern Pennsylvania's Delaware Valley carrying its owner‘s quarried products to docks on the Delaware River tidewater until 1852. rdf:langString
rdf:langString Leiper Canal
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rdf:langString Leiper Canal
rdf:langString Leiper Canal
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rdf:langString Leiper stone quarry near Springfield
rdf:langString A network of east-west canals and connecting railroads spanned Pennsylvania from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. North-south canals connecting with this east-west canal ran between West Virginia and Lake Erie on the west, Maryland and New York in the center, and along the border with Delaware and New Jersey on the east. Many shorter canals connected cities such as York, Port Carbon, and Franklin to the larger network.
rdf:langString Map of historic Pennsylvania canals and connecting railroads
rdf:langString Historic, abandoned
rdf:langString Early in the 19th century, the Leiper Canal built in 1828–29 during the middle of the American canal age ran about 3 miles (5 km) along Crum Creek in Delaware County to its mouth in Eastern Pennsylvania's Delaware Valley carrying its owner‘s quarried products to docks on the Delaware River tidewater until 1852.
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rdf:langString Delaware River at Eddystone
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rdf:langString George Leiper
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