Water wheel at Union Water Works

Water wheel at the Union Water Works. Water wheels working force pumps were constructed near the foot of the nineteen locks along the Union Canal to supply water during dry spells and to make up for leakage. A feeder was built along the upper Swatara Creek some eight or nine miles to Weidman's Forge, near which point a dam was constructed, from which water would flow to the head races of these water wheels. [Lebanon County: A Post Card History, p.133]

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