2012FALL FIELD TRIP
OCTOBER 19-21, 2012
TOURING THE PINE GROVE BRANCH OF THE UNION CANAL
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THE BEST WESTERN LEBANON VALLEY INN, LICKDALE, PA
I-81 Exit 90
4 Fisher Rd.& Rt 72,Lickdale, PA 17038
Friday, October 19:4:00 - 6:00 pm / Registration - lobby of the Best Western Lebanon Valley Inn
7:00 pm / Welcome & Orientation Program at Best Western Lebanon Valley Inn:
• Presentation“The Remains of Union Canal Company’s Branch Canal To Pine Grove” by Dave Ravigum- Friends of the Union Canal Tunnel Park.
Saturday, October 20: / 7:00 - 7:50 am / Late/ Final Registration
Continental Breakfast available in hotel lobby.
8:00 am sharp / Board buses for an excursion visiting locks, dams, waterworks, and historically significant sites.
12:00 pm / • Lunch & Boat ride on the Union Canal Summit Level thru the Tunnelat the Union Canal Tunnel Park, Lebanon, Pa
5:00 pm / Return to the Best Western Lebanon Valley Inn.
6:00 pm / Pre-dinner gatheringat the Farmers Daughter Restaurant.
7:00 pm / Buffet Dinner at theFarmers Wife Restaurant located on Rt 22 Ono, PA. 4 Mi. from Best Western Lebanon Valley Inn
8:00 pm / Annual PCS Meeting and election of 2012 Board of Directors
8:30pm / Presentation of“A Photo History of The Branch Canal” with photos by George Wills and narration by Jim Shucker Canal Historian
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Sunday, October 21: / 10:00am - 11am / PCS Board of Directors Meeting. PCS members are invited and encouragedto attend.
12:00 pm / Optional tours:
- Cornwall Furnace,One of the last surviving intact cold blast charcoal furnaces
- 1:00pm Behind the scenes tour of Lebanon County
At 2:30pm Steve Runkle will be presenting The Revolutionary War in the Susquehanna River Basin Region.
Please contact the Best Western @ (717)865-4234no later than October 10 to reserve accommodations at special Pennsylvania Canal Society rate of $ 70.00 (+ tax), for either single king or double queen; deluxe continental breakfast included. High-speed internet on premises
Program
Our Friday evening program will begin at 7:00 pmwith a presentation of “The Remains of Union Canal Company’s Branch Canal To Pine Grove”by Dave Ravigum- Friends of the Union Canal Tunnel Park.
On Saturday, we will board the bus for a trip to visit remaining canal structures and points of historical interest along the Pine Grove Branch of the Union Canal.We will begin at head of navigation at the 1200’ long Pine Grove Basin where coal was transferred from the Union Canal Railroad to the canal boats. Pine Grove Basin is now the site of a Veterans Canal Park where the Autumn Stroll Craft fair will be held during our visit
As we trace the route of the Pine Grove Feeder, some other sites we will be viewing on Saturday include:
- Locks 6-9 located within Swatara State Park. Possibly Lock 5 if permission can be granted to enter area under construction within the park.
- Site of the 48’ high Big Dam which once covered 900 acres and backed the waters up 4.2 miles to Lock 5. If the waters of the Swatara are low, part of the timber crib dam may be visiblein the bed of the creek.
- Lock 10 below Swatara Gap.
- Lock 14 and site of Finnegans Dam
- Union Canal Water Works and weigh lock.
- Brick lined culvert which once fed water by gravity flow to the summit level just west of the Union Canal Tunnel
- Lunch at the Union Canal Tunnel Park and a boat ride thru the tunnel
After returning to the hotel in the evening, we will enjoy a sumptuous family style buffet dinner at the Farmers Wife Restaurant located 4 miles from the Lebanon Valley Inn on Rt. 22 West. The dinner will be followed by the Annual PCS Meeting and will conclude with a presentation of “A Photo History of The Branch Canal” with photos by George Wills and narration by Jim Schucker Canal Historian
- On Sunday there will be optional tours to the Cornwall Furnace, One of the last surviving intact cold blast charcoal furnaces and/or behind the scenes tour of Lebanon County
Historical Society’s Stoy Museum. For those wishing to extend they’re visit,at 2:30pm Steve
Runkle will be presenting The Revolutionary War in the Susquehanna River Basin Region.
This presentation explores the causes of and chronicles the events of the American Revolution
within the Susquehanna River Basin Region.
All attendees will receive a tour packet containing detailed maps of the canal route, and other useful information concerning the Pine Grove Branch of the Union Canal.
Members who have received your field trip invitation by e mail, kindly acknowledge receipt with a short e mail to Bill Lampert c/o If I don’t receive acknowledgement, you will automaticallyreceive a printed copy.This will help keep mailing costs to a minimum during these trying economic times.
Pennsylvania Canal Society
Spring Field Trip
October 19-21, 2012
Please complete the form below and send on or before October10to:
Bill Lampert, 432 Quarry Rd, Ottsville, PA 18942 (Phone: 215-262-5506; email:)
Please register early so we may have enough transportation available to accommodate everyone.
Don’t delay. Limited space available!
No refunds after October 10, 2012
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Full Event Package (including Friday Evening Presentation, Saturday Excursion, Lunch, Saturday Evening Banquet and Saturday Evening Presentation):
_____ PCS Member…………………………………………………….$ 74.00 per person
_____ Non-PCS Member or Member registration after October 10 …..$ 79.00 per person
Friday Evening Presentation and Saturday Excursion only:
_____ PCS Member…………………………………………………....$ 49.00 per person
_____ Non-PCS Memberor Member registration after October 10 …..$ 54.00 per person
Saturday Evening Banquet and Saturday Evening Presentation only:
_____ PCS Memberor Non-PCS………………………………….…...$ 25.00 per person
Release: Each participant must sign
The undersigned hereby releases the Pennsylvania Canal Society, its officers and agents, including third parties who furnish transportation or provide access to their land for historical sightseeing, including but not limited to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from any and all claims, whether of personal injury or property damage, arising out of or connected in any way with the tours sponsored by the Society on October 19-21, 2012. This release is freely executed on behalf of the undersigned and the following minors over whom he or she has guardianship.
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