. . . . . . "0"^^ . . . . . . "-76.02639007568359"^^ . . . . . . "The Schuylkill Canal, or Schuylkill Navigation, was a system of interconnected canals and slack-water pools along the Schuylkill River in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, built as a commercial waterway in the early 19th-century. Chartered in 1815, the navigation opened in 1825 to provide transportation and water power. At the time, the river was the least expensive and most efficient method of transporting bulk cargo, and the eastern seaboard cities of the U.S. were experiencing an energy crisis due to deforestation. It fostered the mining of anthracite coal as the major source of industry between Pottsville and eastern markets. Along the tow-paths, mules pulled barges of coal from Port Carbon through the water gaps to Pottsville; locally to the port and markets of Philadelphia; and some th"@en . . . . "Schuylkill Canal"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "44"^^ . . "Schuylkill Navigation"@en . . . "0"^^ . . "18"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Schuylkill Canal, Bausman's Lock No. 12"@en . . . . . "38711"^^ . . "PA-69"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2537210"^^ . . "90"^^ . . . . . . . "POINT(-76.026390075684 40.57833480835)"^^ . . . . "pa1652"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1815"^^ . . . . . . "above Port Clinton abandoned by December 1887"@en . . "Size of Lock 60"@en . . . . . "110"^^ . "--05-06"^^ . . "618.75"^^ . . "72"^^ . . . . . "1827"^^ . . . . . . ""@en . "108"^^ . . . . . "13"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "0"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "1101266192"^^ . . . "40.57833480834961"^^ . "40.57833333333333 -76.02638888888889" . . . . . . . . . . . "Lock 60, guard lock of the Oakes Reach"@en . . . . . . . "above mid tide of Delaware River"@en . "Schuylkill Navigation"@en . . . . . . . . . "The Schuylkill Canal, or Schuylkill Navigation, was a system of interconnected canals and slack-water pools along the Schuylkill River in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, built as a commercial waterway in the early 19th-century. Chartered in 1815, the navigation opened in 1825 to provide transportation and water power. At the time, the river was the least expensive and most efficient method of transporting bulk cargo, and the eastern seaboard cities of the U.S. were experiencing an energy crisis due to deforestation. It fostered the mining of anthracite coal as the major source of industry between Pottsville and eastern markets. Along the tow-paths, mules pulled barges of coal from Port Carbon through the water gaps to Pottsville; locally to the port and markets of Philadelphia; and some then by ship or through additional New Jersey waterways, to New York City markets. The Schuylkill Canal was in operation until 1931 and was almost completely filled in the 1950s. Some remaining watered reaches are now used for recreation."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1947"^^ . . . . . . .