An 1833 map of the state of Pennsylvania, which includes the canal system stretching across the commonwealth. The canals are depicted in blue and railroads are in a dark purple. Before highways and ...

Low water levels in the Conemaugh River Lake have exposed some archaeological artifacts: abutments to a railroad bridge and remnants of the Pennsylvania Canal system from the 1800s. The artifacts in ...

Cliff Satterthwaite painted two large murals for the York Haven State Bank in 1980. This mural depicts canal operations in York Haven during the 1840-1850s era; and looks across the Susquehanna River ...

The conclusion of the $29 million project was celebrated in Easton on Friday with a ceremony attended by about 500 people. As the gate at the convergence of the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers was opened, ...

Most physical traces of Johnstown’s canal era were largely wiped out by the Great Flood of 1889, but that early chapter of Johnstown’s history remains around every corner of what is ...