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- Conewago_Canal abstract "The Conewago Canal, on the west bank of the Susquehanna River below York Haven, Pennsylvania, 11 miles (18 km) south of Harrisburg in York County, enabled late 18th and early 19th century rivercraft to safely bypass rapids at Conewago Falls. Work on the canal of less than 1 mile (1.6 km) began in 1793 and was completed in 1797. Robert Morris, a Philadelphia financier, organized the project, which was carried out by chief engineer James Brindley, the nephew of a well-known British engineer of the same name. Two lift locks overcame 19 feet (6 m) of elevation between the ends of the canal, and a guard lock blocked unwanted water, particularly during floods. Cargo could go upstream as well as down. A boat going upriver could navigate the canal in 37 minutes compared to the whole day it would take 30 or 40 men to pull it upriver along the bank. York Haven is at 40°06′39″N 76°42′57″W.Despite the canal, flow variations limited the use of the river for shipping to a few months each year. In addition, river boat captains disliked paying the toll required to use the privately owned canal. River arks, a kind of boat less susceptible to damage from rocks in the rapids, made it possible to run the rapids and avoid the toll. The Eastern Division of the Pennsylvania Canal, which ran between Columbia and the mouth of the Juniata River, later bypassed this same section of the river.".
- Conewago_Canal elevation "117.0432".
- Conewago_Canal endPoint York_Haven,_Pennsylvania.
- Conewago_Canal principalEngineer James_Brindley.
- Conewago_Canal startPoint York_Haven,_Pennsylvania.
- Conewago_Canal thumbnail Pennsylvania_canals.png?width=300.
- Conewago_Canal wikiPageExternalLink index.html.
- Conewago_Canal wikiPageExternalLink www.americancanals.org.
- Conewago_Canal wikiPageExternalLink index.htm.
- Conewago_Canal wikiPageID "14307410".
- Conewago_Canal wikiPageRevisionID "606656285".
- Conewago_Canal alt "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.".
- Conewago_Canal caption "Map of historic Pennsylvania canals and connecting railroads".
- Conewago_Canal company "Francis Thomas".
- Conewago_Canal dateComp "1797".
- Conewago_Canal dateConst "1793".
- Conewago_Canal elev "384".
- Conewago_Canal elevNote "Elevation of York Haven".
- Conewago_Canal end "York Haven".
- Conewago_Canal engineer "James Brindley, nephew of the James Brindley who built the Duke of Bridgewater's canals in England".
- Conewago_Canal hasPhotoCollection Conewago_Canal.
- Conewago_Canal locks "3".
- Conewago_Canal name "Conewago Canal".
- Conewago_Canal start "York Haven".
- Conewago_Canal status "Abandoned".
- Conewago_Canal subject Category:Canals_in_Pennsylvania.
- Conewago_Canal subject Category:Transportation_in_York_County,_Pennsylvania.
- Conewago_Canal point "40.11083333333333 -76.71583333333334".
- Conewago_Canal type Artifact100021939.
- Conewago_Canal type Canal102947212.
- Conewago_Canal type CanalsInPennsylvania.
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- Conewago_Canal type Watercourse104559275.
- Conewago_Canal type Way104564698.
- Conewago_Canal type Whole100003553.
- Conewago_Canal type YagoGeoEntity.
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- Conewago_Canal type BodyOfWater.
- Conewago_Canal type Canal.
- Conewago_Canal type NaturalPlace.
- Conewago_Canal type Place.
- Conewago_Canal type Stream.
- Conewago_Canal type Wikidata:Q532.
- Conewago_Canal type BodyOfWater.
- Conewago_Canal type Canal.
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- Conewago_Canal type Canal.
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- Conewago_Canal type Location.
- Conewago_Canal type SpatialThing.
- Conewago_Canal comment "The Conewago Canal, on the west bank of the Susquehanna River below York Haven, Pennsylvania, 11 miles (18 km) south of Harrisburg in York County, enabled late 18th and early 19th century rivercraft to safely bypass rapids at Conewago Falls. Work on the canal of less than 1 mile (1.6 km) began in 1793 and was completed in 1797.".
- Conewago_Canal label "Conewago Canal".
- Conewago_Canal sameAs m.03d022r.
- Conewago_Canal sameAs Q5159549.
- Conewago_Canal sameAs Q5159549.
- Conewago_Canal sameAs Conewago_Canal.
- Conewago_Canal lat "40.11083333333333".
- Conewago_Canal long "-76.71583333333334".
- Conewago_Canal wasDerivedFrom Conewago_Canal?oldid=606656285.
- Conewago_Canal depiction Pennsylvania_canals.png.
- Conewago_Canal isPrimaryTopicOf Conewago_Canal.
- Conewago_Canal name "Conewago Canal".