1864 Bridgen's map of Conestoga Township showing dam.
1860 Shearer & Lake map of Chanceford Township.
A friend recently alerted me to an article about the port of Safe Harbor on the east bank of the Susquehanna River. The article referred to the Conestoga Navigation, which operated from the late 1820s to around 1850. It was an 18-mile-long slack water navigation utilizing the Conestoga Creek with a system of nine locks. It ended at Safe Harbor on the Susquehanna River. Where did the cargo go from there?
Continue reading Early Port on the Susquehanna River.
