Union Canal

Historical marker location:

11 Kantner Ln S, Cumru Township, Pennsylvania

( Marker is at the intersection of Morgantown Road (Pennsylvania Route 10/724) and Philadelphia Ave. (PA 724) on Morgantown Road.)

Marker installed: 1950

Pennsylvania was home to the first commercially drilled oil well in the world, which was drilled in 1859 near Titusville.