Union Canal Tunnel Improvements – Lebanon PA

City:
Lebanon, PA

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to improve and otherwise restore Lebanon, Pennsylvania’s Union Canal Tunnel. AmericanCanals.org: “The south portal is in almost “as new” condition thanks to restoration work performed in the 1930s under the WPA.”

Source notes

https://www.americancanals.org/AC_Issues/Issue102.pdf (page 5)

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 5, 2015.

Location Info


Union Canal Tunnel Park
Lebanon, PA

Coordinates: 40.348930, -76.460673

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