Pennsylvania Canal at Liverpool, c1885

Boats rest in the Pennsylvania Canal at Liverpool in the waning years of canal transport. Liverpool was part of the Pennsylvania Canal's Susquehanna Division that ran along the west bank of the Susquehanna River from Northumberland (where the Susquehanna's north and west branches join) to the area where routes 22/322 and 11/15 intersect today. Pennsylvania's public canal system was in use from approximately 1826 to the early years of the 20th century, but private canals date to the late 1700s. For a video clip of a pair of mules pulling a canal boat from a tow path, visit the Pennsylvania Canal Society. Photo ID: B00037.