Miami and Erie Canal
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 Barge General Harrison of Piqua on the canal in the Piqua, Ohio, Historical Area, in July 2006. Note the captain steering the canal boat and the towing donkey on the towpath on the far side. The canal is wide enough to permit two barges to pass. |
The Miami and Erie Canal was a canal that connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio with Lake Erie in Toledo, Ohio. Construction on the canal began in 1825 and was completed in 1845. It consisted of 19 aqueducts, three guard locks, and 103 canal locks. Each lock measured by and they collectively raised the canal above Lake Erie and above the Ohio River. The peak of the canal was called the Loramie Summit and extended between New Bremen, Ohio to lock 1-S in Lockington, north of Piqua, Ohio. The system consisted of of canal channel built at a cost of $8,062,680.07. Boats were towed along the canal using either donkeys or horses walking on a prepared towpath along the bank. The boats typically traveled at a rate of four to five miles per hour.
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| Map of canals in Ohio, the Miami and Erie Canal is... Map of canals in Ohio, the Miami and Erie Canal is on the left web.archive.org/.../amapof.htm - Web |
| Miami-Erie Canal Corridor Association History of t... Miami-Erie Canal Corridor Association History of the canal and description of current efforts to preserve historical features www.ridertown.com/news/pages/mecca.html - Web |
| Piqua Historical Society images of the Miami-Erie ... Piqua Historical Society images of the Miami-Erie Canal www.piqua.lib.oh.us/WebSite/localhistory/lhcanal.htm - Web |
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| Current photos of the Miami-Erie canal from Ohio B... Current photos of the Miami-Erie canal from Ohio Byways web.archive.org/.../miami_and_erie_canal_scenic_bywa.htm - Web |
| Piqua Historical Area includes a stretch of canal ... Piqua Historical Area includes a stretch of canal and a functional replica canal boat www.ohiohistory.org/places/piqua/canalboat.html - Web |
| Map - Miami and Erie Canal through Cincinnati Map - Miami and Erie Canal through Cincinnati www.cincinnati-transit.net/subway-map-canal.html - Web |
| Plat maps of canal by county - ODNR Plat maps of canal by county - ODNR www.dnr.state.oh.us/water//meplats/tabid/3298/Default.aspx - Web |
| Ohio Canals Map Ohio Canals Map my.ohio.voyager.net/~lstevens/canal/canalmap.html - Web |
