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Domestic News May 29, 1840

Morning Herald

New York, New York County, New York

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Celebration of the completion of the Susquehanna and Tide Water Canal at Havre-de-Grace on Wednesday. The 45-mile canal continues the Pennsylvania State Canal to the head of Chesapeake Bay, forming the final link in a 1,200-mile chain of improvements across Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York costing over $30 million.

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Completion of the Susquehanna And Tide Water Canal -The celebration of the completion of the Susquehannah and Tide Water Canal took place at Havre-de-Grace on Wednesday. This canal is a continuation of the Pennsylvania State Canal, from Columbia to Havre-de-Grace, a distance of forty-five miles, at the head of Chesapeake Bay.
The U. S. Gazette says this canal is the last link in the great chain of improvements made by the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York, constructed at an expense of over thirty millions, embracing an extent in their several ramifications of upwards of twelve hundred miles of canals, intersecting Lake Ontario at Sodus Bay, and Lake Erie at Buffalo, Erie, and Cleveland.

What sub-type of article is it?

Infrastructure Celebration

What keywords are associated?

Susquehanna Canal Tide Water Canal Havre De Grace Canal Completion Pennsylvania Improvements

Where did it happen?

Havre De Grace

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Havre De Grace

Event Date

Wednesday

Outcome

canal completed, forming last link in 1,200-mile chain of improvements across pennsylvania, ohio, and new york at cost over thirty millions.

Event Details

Celebration of completion of Susquehanna and Tide Water Canal, continuation of Pennsylvania State Canal from Columbia to Havre-de-Grace, forty-five miles to head of Chesapeake Bay.

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