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Jacks Narrows Aqueduct

Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
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Jackstown Aqueduct

Photograph circa 1870 of the aqueduct carrying the Pennsylvania Canal from the Juniata River's south bank to its north bank below Mapleton, PA. This is the entrance to Jack's Narrows of the Juniata River as the river flows through a gap in Jack's Mountain.

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Aqueduct over Juniata River on Former Pennsylvania Canal
Location
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Status
No longer exists, only the 2 piers remain
History
Built 1830CA
Builder
- Pennsylvania Canal
Design
3 span wooden aqueduct on stone piers
Also called
Jackstown Aqueduct
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.39417, -77.92262   (decimal degrees)
40°23'39" N, 77°55'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/251948/4475609 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Mount Union
Inventory number
BH 52651 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Aqueduct (46)
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (53)
Lost (10,373)
Pennsylvania (3,038)
Pennsylvania Canal (2)

Update Log 

  • June 10, 2012: Added by Jodi Christman

Sources 

  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
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Jacks Narrows Aqueduct
Posted September 20, 2012, by Fred Lang (frlang1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

This photo shows the second aqueduct, made of iron and built

in 1865. It replaced the earlier wooden aqueduct, the piers of which are just visible slightly upstream from the piers of this build. The Jackstown aqueduct was destroyed in the "Johnstown" flood of 1889, and never replaced.