Greenville Canal Museum

The Erie Extension Canal was a significant means of travel from Pittsburgh to the Great Lakes from 1854 to 1871. This canal system was vital to western Pennsylvania's iron industry before the introduction of the railroads. Greenville's Canal Museum preserves a considerable part of the canal's history.

Visitors will find various artifacts and historical information from the Canal era inside the Canal Museum, including a replica of the Rufus S. Reed, a typical canal boat.

Greenville Canal Museum exposition includes paintings (work of Donald Thomas, Greenville artist) and models :

• Freighter boat and mules on the Erie Extension Canal, 1840-1871.
• View of Main Street, Greenville, 3 years before the close of the Erie Extension Canal. A bridge over the canal is visible in the center of the picture. (1868)
• A view along the little Shenango River in the early 1870s. The Goodwin millrace is visible in the foreground, as is the canal towpath and the Greenville Hall, Thiel College.
• A pre-civil war iron furnace. In 1846, at least 10 furnaces such as this one were operating. Coal and pig iron were shipped on the canal until the canal closed down in 1871.
• Grist Mill circa 1845, designed and built by Kenneth L. Mincer. Special thanks to Hodge Foundry for casting the gears and wheel spiders.
• Guard Lock #10 
  This is the last remaining lock from the Erie Extension Canal. Interested visitors will find it near Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, along the Shenango River.