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\ Adv. ie I , . ** I t?;,Li i LoA»no-ofMi \y • % fPennsylvania Canal. From Fishing, incrock, seven miles above Harrisburg, to the ptp basin here, tins canal appears to holti water, j ™ A breach in the French drain made under , ^ ’* the canal, near the brick yard in this town, lt;suffered the water to escape,but has been re- . U| paired within the last two weeks. lhe a- i V( queduct across Paxton creek, about three , Ci quarters of a male below the aforesaid ‘ p fc‘“ i French drain, next proved leaky, and has * v~ been undergoing repair—perhaps it is re- ' ^ paired. But before the waters of the canal t) was put upon the aqueduct, a French drain t] about midway between the first mentioned French drain and the aqueduct, gave way, and permitted the water to pass out. Hands are at work in its repair. These .contemptible drains under a great public n ! work will he found more expensive than sub-) slautial culverts, s- i The canal has sundry weak points be-r- . tween Harrisburg and Middletow n, so that llt it is impossible to tell w hen the canal w illbe navigable betweet those places.* llarrkbmer paper..rI.*didr-ks-v0rItrl]
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Berwick Gazette
Berwick, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, May 02, 1829
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