The Miami and Erie Canal in Middletown

Port Middletown Plaza

Ohio's canal system was the most effective between 1827 and 1850, before the introduction of the railroads. In Middletown, the canal was still used well into the 20th century but in 1913 a devastating flood destroyed much ...

Wabash - Erie Canal

1846 - 1875

Shawnee Township

Wabash - Erie Canal

1846 - 1875

The Canal extended from Toledo, Ohio to Evansville, Indiana. Construction on the 376 mile section in Indiana began in 1832 and completed through Fountain County in 1846.

One to six horses in single ...

The Erie Canal - July 4, 1817

Historic New York

The ceremonies outside the village of Rome on Independence Day, 1817, climaxed years of discussion about building the Erie Canal. Dignitaries and local citizens assembled at sunrise to attend the start of construction. Judge Joshua Hathaway, a veteran ...

Miami and Erie Canal

Lock 13

Ohio Dept. Natural Resources

Division of Water

Miami and Erie Canal

Lock 13

.1 mile Lock 12 ->

Marker can be reached from East Spring Street (Route 29) near South Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling east.

The Ohio & Erie Canal in Warwick Township

The greatest engineering achievement in Ohio during the pre-railroad era, the Ohio & Erie Canal traversed nearly six miles of Warwick Township. Completed in 1830, the canal brought prosperity to the village of Trenton (now Tuscarawas) and to township farmers ...

The Ohio-Erie Canal In Tuscarawas County

1825–1913. Seeking an alternative transportation route to distant markets, many farmers and manufacturers in Ohio wanted to connect the Ohio River to Lake Erie with a canal. Beginning in Cleveland the Ohio-Erie Canal ran south, the length of the state, ...

First World Series

In October 1903, National League champion Pittsburgh played American League champion Boston in major league baseball's first modern World Series. Boston won the best-of-9 series, 5 games to 3; prominent players included Pittsburgh's Honus Wagner and Boston's Cy Young. Games ...

Miami and Erie Canal / Delphos

Anthony Wayne Parkway

[West Side of Marker]: Miami and Erie Canal

This marker is on the right-of-way of the old Miami and Erie Canal. Gov. DeWitt Clinton of New York broke ground for the canal on July 21, 1825 just ...

Confederate Cemeteries

During the late summer of 1861, Confederate troops from Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia camped in the vicinity of Bristoe Station. Typhoid, measles, and other contagious diseases quickly swept through these camps decimating many of the regiments. The ...

Lake Erie

A Feature of Ohio's Water Resources

In total area, Lake Erie is the twelfth largest freshwater lake in the world and the most shallow of the five Great Lakes. It is about 210 miles long, 57 miles wide, with a ...