The Millersville Area Historical Society (MAHS) invites the public to attend a presentation on "Canal Engineering," when it meets at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 11, in Millersville's Municipal Center, 100 Municipal Drive. The doors will open at 8:30 a.m. and lock at 9:15 a.m.

The presenter will be Benton Webber, Lancaster Township municipal engineer and amateur historian, whose focus is on Lancaster County's landscape and infrastructure.

Providing a bit of background for his slideshow, Webber noted that following the Revolutionary War, inland navigation improvements offered enormous benefits for transportation, changed the way in which governments and private entities worked together and forged the underpinnings for how construction projects are accomplished, while also altering the landscape.

His PowerPoint will cover, among other issues, where several critical and unique canals were created, who was involved, how they were created and why and what happened to them. Although there will be a concluding question-and-answer session, Webber will encourage discussion throughout the presentation.

Webber, a Lancaster County native, is president of the Manheim Township Historical Society and chair of the Manheim Township General Municipal Authority. He graduated from Manheim Township schools, Hamilton College and Lehigh University. In two previous talks for MAHS, Webber and Donald Kautz of Uncharted Lancaster discussed the Conestoga Navigation Company and its impact on the waterway itself.

Admission is free, but donations will be appreciated. For more information, contact Phil Gerber at 717-872-8837 before noon or at pge8507@aol.com.