Canal Landing on Washington Street
The Huntington Landing started 120 feet west on Washington St and continued to the lock at Cherry St. The Wabash & Erie canal was 4 feet deep and 100 feet wide as this point. Other locks were at First St. and Byron St. The Canal was completed from Fort Wayne to Huntington on July 4, 1854, and from Toledo to Evansville, 459 miles, in 1854. The Canal preceded the railroad to Huntinton by 20 years, spurring early settlement. The Canal was abandoned in 1873.
Marker is at the intersection of North Jefferson Street and East Washington on North Jefferson Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
