Schuylkill Canal
The Schuylkill Canal, or Schuylkill Navigation, was a system of interconnected canals, and slack-water pools created by dams, along the Schuylkill River in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, built as a commercial waterway in the early 19th-century.
- Reservoir
- …has a surface elevation of 98 feet (30 metres)
- Description: historic canal along the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania
- Also known as“Schuylkill Navigation”“Schuylkill Number 5”
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Limerick Generating Station
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Pottstown Limerick Airport
Aerodrome
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Places in the Area
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Parker Ford
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Fricks Locks Historic District
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Schuylkill Canal
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Latitude
40.2051° or 40° 12′ 18″ north
Longitude
-75.56463° or 75° 33′ 53″ west
Open location code
87G66C4P+24
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Japanese—“Schuylkill Canal” goes by many names.
قناة شيلكيلEgyptian Arabic
スクーカル運河Japanese
スクーキル運河Japanese
スクールキル・ナビゲーションJapanese
スクールキル運河Japanese
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