National Register of Historic Places

Pennsylvania Canal Guard Lock and Feeder Dam, Raystown Branch

Springfield, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Listed
March 20, 1990
Type
Structure
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
90000394

About this property

The Pennsylvania Canal Guard Lock and Feeder Dam, Raystown Branch, also known as the Raystown Branch Feeder Canal, is an historic canal structure in Henderson Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The property includes the remains of a guard lock and feeder dam. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The guard lock was built in 1831, and the remains consist of two ninety-foot-long parallel walls that were eight feet high and fifteen feet apart. The remains of the feeder dam consist of stone and earth remnants of a dam that once stretched across the Juniata River. The lock and dam were built to allow boats built on Standing Stone Creek to enter the Pennsylvania Canal, and were abandoned with the remainder of the Pennsylvania Canal during the 1870s.

Location

Springfield, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
40.44977, -77.96839

Categories

HISTORIC - NON-ABORIGINALENGINEERINGTRANSPORTATION
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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Corbin Bridge
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0.8 mi
Huntingdon Armory
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2.8 mi
Pennsylvania Railroad Old Bridge over Standing Stone Creek
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2.9 mi
Huntingdon Borough Historic District
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3.4 mi
Lloyd and Henry Warehouse
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3.6 mi

Nearby Battles

Battle at Fort Shirley (PA, 1756)
1756Colonial
4.3 mi

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When was Pennsylvania Canal Guard Lock and Feeder Dam, Raystown Branch listed on the National Register?

Pennsylvania Canal Guard Lock and Feeder Dam, Raystown Branch was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 20, 1990.

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Pennsylvania Canal Guard Lock and Feeder Dam, Raystown Branch is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Pennsylvania Canal Guard Lock and Feeder Dam, Raystown Branch is recorded as the industrial era.

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