Which canal ran longer, Sandy and Beaver Canal or Beaver and Erie Canal?
Beaver and Erie Canal The Beaver and Erie Canal, also known as the Erie Extension Canal, was part of the Pennsylvania Canal system and consisted of three sections: the Beaver Division, the Shenango Division, and the Conneaut Division. The canal ran 136 mi north–south near the western edge of the state from the Ohio River to Lake Erie through Beaver County, Lawrence County, Mercer County, Crawford County, and Erie County, Pennsylvania.
Beaverdam Run Beaverdam Run' is a short creek draining the east slopes of the Mahoning Hills, and a right bank tributary of the Lehigh River. The creek's banks are one of the two most likely valleys that pack animals traversed to reach boats on the river so the Anthracite from the earliest coal mining activity in Carbon County, Pennsylvania was transshipped onto boats on the river.