Near Myerstown in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Union Canal

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 12, 2010

1. Union Canal Marker

Inscription.
This canal was in use from 1828-1884. About .3 mile south, at the Tulpehocken, are remains of one of the locks by which boats descended from the summit level north of Lebanon to the Schulkill at Reading.

Erected 1949 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), and the Union Canal series lists.

Location. 40° 22.132′ N, 76° 20.056′ W. Marker is near Myerstown, Pennsylvania, in Lebanon County. It is at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue/Benjamin Franklin Highway (U.S. 422) and Ramona Road, on the left when traveling west on Lincoln Avenue/Benjamin Franklin Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Myerstown PA 17067, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country,

and in Greater Harrisburg.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Myerstown (approx. 1.3 miles away); Meier (Myer) (approx. 1½ miles away); William L. Derr Community Swimming Pool (approx. 1.6 miles away); a different marker also named Myerstown (approx. 1.8 miles away);

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Tulpehocken Evangelical and Reformed Church (approx. 3.8 miles away); Mt. Aetna (approx. 3.8 miles away); Caspar Wistar (approx. 3.9 miles away); a different marker also named Mt. Aetna (approx. 4.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Myerstown.

Also see . . .
1. Union Canal of Pennsylvania. (Submitted on December 5, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Union Canal. (Submitted on December 5, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. Pennsylvania Canal Society. (Submitted on December 5, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 12, 2010

2. Union Canal Marker

Looking northeast

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 855 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 5, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.