Rating:
No votes cast

Mount Union Pennsylvania Canal Aqueduct

Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Share:

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Aqueduct over Juniata River on Former Pennsylvania Canal
Location
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Status
No longer exists
History
Built in 1830CA
Builder
- Pennsylvania Canal
Design
3-span wooden aqueduct on stone piers
Also called
Juniata Division Pennsylvania Canal Aqueduct
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.39163, -77.89302   (decimal degrees)
40°23'30" N, 77°53'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/254452/4475245 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Mount Union
Inventory number
BH 52650 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (53)
Lost (10,366)
Pennsylvania (3,038)
Pennsylvania Canal (2)

Update Log 

  • June 10, 2012: Added by Jodi Christman

Sources 

  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
Post a comment here
Contact webmaster

Comments 

Mount Union Pennsylvania Canal Aqueduct
Posted June 10, 2012, by Jodi Christman (masterofchaos [at] comcast [dot] net)

I'm not sure if when the Pennsylvania Railroad acquired the canal that they tore the aqueduct down or a flood destroyed it. Today you can see 2 piers in the river. There is a stone structure on the mountainside that can be seen from Route 22. I am not sure if this is part of the original structure. If anyone knows any information, please post. Thanks in advance. North on the river is another set of piers that I believe are called Jacks Narrows Aqueduct, also part of Pennsylvania Canal.