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Union Canal
Tunnel
Site # 14
Each presentation is in
three parts. The introduction, which explains the history of the
entire Pennsylvania Canal Network. Next is the individual site
presentation which is on this page. The final part is the ending
and credits which give due credit to those who created the texts
which we used in our research.
Union
Canal Tunnel Park. 90-acre park, 25th and
Union Canal Drive, Lebanon (near Rt. 72) that includes 2/3
mile of watered Union Canal and the oldest existing
transportation tunnel in the U.S. When completed in 1828, it
was 729 feet long. It was designated a National Civil
Engineering Landmark in 1970 and a National Historic
Landmark in 1994. Maintained by Friends of the Union Canal
Tunnel Park. (717-272-1473)
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