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of Pittsburg and terminated at the Monongahela river. In connec- 

 tion witli this division two feeders may be mentioned; the Johns- 

 town feeder, at the eastern terminus, having a length of one and 

 one-half miles, and the Allegheny feeder from Alleghenytown to 

 the western division, three-quarters of a mile long. 



The entire distance between Philadelphia and Pittsburg by the 

 main line was, it will be recalled, 394.54 miles. The canals were 

 four feet deep, twenty-eight feet wide at the bottom, and forty at 

 the water line. The locks were ninety feet long and from fifteen 

 to seventeen feet wide. , 



A summary of the lateral works undertaken by the state is next 

 in order. 



The Susquehanna division, thirty-nine miles in length, com- 

 menced at the outlet lock on Duncan's Island, where it joined the 

 eastern division of the Pennsylvania canal, crossed the northern 

 outlet of the Juniata, and entered Buffalo township, in Perry 

 county. It then pursued a course almost due north, along the right 

 bank of the Susquehanna to the town of Northumberland. Here 

 it intersected the canals that extended along the north and west 

 branches of that river. 



The West Branch division connected with the above canal at 

 JSTorthmnberland, and passed along the left bank of the west branch 

 of the Susquehanna, through Northumberland and Lycoming 

 counties to Farrandsville creek. Its length, including several sec- 

 tions of pool navigation, was 72 miles. An extension of. this divi- 

 sion to the mouth of the Sinnemahoning creek, a distance of about 

 33 miles, was undertaken and abandoned in 1841. 



The Bald Eagle side cut extended from the pool at Dunnstown 

 dam, on the above division, to Bald Eagle creek, a distance of 

 3.62 miles. 



The Lewishurg side cut extended from Lewisburg in Union 

 county to the West Branch division, a distance of slightly more 

 than half a mile. 



The North Branch division commenced at the basin which united 

 the Susquehanna and the West Branch division at Northumberland. 

 This canal pursued a northeasterly course through the towns of 

 Danville, Bloomsburg and Berwick and terminated at Lackawanna 

 creek, a distance of 72% miles. 



. In connection with this division was tHe North Branch Extension, 

 upon which a large amount of money was expended, although it was 



