Near Sharpsville in Mercer County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Erie Extension Canal

Photographed by Forest McDermott, June 8, 2008

1. Erie Extension Canal Marker

Inscription. Route of travel and trade, Pittsburgh to Great Lakes, 1840-1871. Important to the western Pennsylvania iron industry before the rise of the railroads. The only remaining canal lock still stands in Sharpsville.

Erected 1946 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

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

Location. 41° 15.435′ N, 80° 27.168′ W. Marker is near Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, in Mercer County. It is on Lamor Road (Pennsylvania Route 518) 0 miles west of N. Hermitage Road ( Route 18), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sharpsville PA 16150, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania

and in Greater Erie. 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sharpsville Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); a different marker also named Erie Extension Canal (approx. 1.2 miles away); Albert Bushnell Hart (approx. 2.2 miles away); Second Oakland Avenue Bridge (approx. 3 miles away); Clay Furnace (approx. 3.8 miles away); Pennsylvania

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(approx. 5 miles away); American Legion World War Memorial (approx. 6.2 miles away in Ohio); Brookfield Township Cemetery War Memorial (approx. 6.2 miles away in Ohio). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sharpsville.

Photographed by Forest McDermott, June 8, 2008

2. Erie Extension Canal Marker

Photo taken looking east on Lamor Road toward Route 18.

Remaining Canal Lock in Sharpsville image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Forest McDermott, circa 1980's

3. Remaining Canal Lock in Sharpsville

Old scanned photo taken approximately in the late 1980's.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 14, 2011, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,031 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 14, 2011, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.