| Maryland (Cecil County), Conowingo — The Proprietors of the Susquehanna Canal |
| | The corporate title of the company authorized in 1783 to build one of the first inland waterways in America. The bed of this canal and some of its stone locks are still visible near this road. — Map (db m1801) |
| Maryland (Harford County), Havre de Grace — Rock Run Landing |
| | Part of “Land of Promise” tract. Original mill (1760), present grist mill (1794), first Susquehanna River Bridge (1818) and Barge Canal (1839) made through this hamlet a thriving commercial center. Surviving are Miller’s House, the Mill, Toll House and Owner’s Mansion (1804). Remains of canal and bridge piers are also visible. — Map (db m1241) |
| Maryland (Harford County), Havre de Grace — The Lock House |
| | The Lock House is located at the southern terminus of the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal, which operated from 1840-1897. The canal was pivotal in the development of the Lower Susquehanna River Valley. It connected with the Pennsylvania Canal at Columbia and the Conestoga Canal at Safe Harbor, opening central Pennsylvania to trade with Baltimore and Philadelphia. The Lock House built in 1840, served as the toll collector’s office and home of the lock tender. — Map (db m1492) |
| Maryland (Harford County), Havre de Grace — The Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal |
| | The 45-mile long Susquehanna (PA) and Tidewater (MD) Canal ran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania to Havre de Grace, Maryland. The canal was built between 1835 and 1839 in order to improve commerce on the Susquehanna River. The new canal would connect the extensive Pennsylvania canal system with tidewater ports—primarily Baltimore and Philadelphia.
The flat-bottomed canal boats averaged 65 feet in length and hauled as much as 150 tons. A pair of mules walking in single file would . . . — Map (db m1494) |
| Pennsylvania (York County), Airville — Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal |
| | Chartered by Pennsylvania, 1835; run by the canal company, 1840-1872, and the Reading Railroad till 1894. Followed the river for 45 miles below Columbia. — Map (db m5849) |
| Pennsylvania (York County), Airville — Susquehanna Canal |
| | Now housing the Tucquan Club, the nearby stone building was originally a warehouse for deposit and shipping on the canal. Masonry fragments and a portion of the canal-bed may be seen nearby. — Map (db m5850) |
| Pennsylvania (York County), Wrightsville — Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal |
| | Chartered by Pennsylvania, 1835; run by the canal company, 1840 - 1872, and the Reading Railroad till 1894. Followed the river for 45 miles below Columbia. — Map (db m5067) |
| Pennsylvania (York County), Wrightsville — Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal |
| | Chartered by Pennsylvania, 1835; run by the canal company, 1840-1872, and the Reading Railroad till 1894. Followed the river for 45 miles below Columbia. — Map (db m5857) |
| Pennsylvania (York County), Wrightsville — Susquehanna Canal |
| | Masonry visible beside the river remains from a lock of the canal which carried goods southward from Columbia, and provided an outlet for trade from Pennsylvania to Baltimore. — Map (db m5854) |
| Pennsylvania (York County), Wrightsville — The Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal |
| | Before the hydroelectric companies built dams on the river in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the lower reaches of the Susquehanna were shallow, rocky, and virtually unnavigable.
In the 1830s, Baltimore merchants campaigned for funding to build a canal from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, to Havre de Grace, Maryland. In 1840, construction of the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal was completed.
The canal paralleled the Susquehanna. It was 50 feet wide and approximately 6 feet . . . — Map (db m5078) |
| Pennsylvania (York County), Wrightsville — Wrightsville |
| | Gateway to the West - Wrightsville was settled in the 1720s by Quakers, including the John Wright family. Wright established a ferry and Wrightsville became a major point of crossing the Susquehanna River by pioneers traveling west. In 1811 Jacob Kline laid out the original 101 lots. The following year 96 lots known as "Westphalia" were laid out by Susannah Wright Houston. By 1814 the first wooden covered bridge was completed. Wrightsville and "Westphalia" joined to form Wrightsville Boro in . . . — Map (db m5065) |
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