The name of the town comes from its days as a coal port on the Pennsylvania Canal.

Also in the district are the remains of a section of the Pennsylvania Canal.

Most of the men were employed by the Pennsylvania Canal.

The exact location can no longer be determined, as the construction of the Pennsylvania Canal destroyed the spring around 1829.

A lock for the Pennsylvania Canal was located on the riverbank.

Begun in 1832, the Pennsylvania Canal went into operation in 1833.

The Pennsylvania Canal was built in 1834 and coursed the length of the town.

The lock and dam were abandoned with the rest of the Pennsylvania Canal in the 1870s.

It sprung up as a shanty town during the construction of the Pennsylvania Canal.

The contributing structures are four bridges that cross the Pennsylvania Canal.