The Ohio & Erie Canal, 1832-1913
Author : Scioto County Canal Society (Ohio)
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 40,13 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Canals
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Author : Scioto County Canal Society (Ohio)
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 40,13 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Canals
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Publisher :
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 48,67 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Canals
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Author : Jeff Maximovich
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 19,55 MB
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781424128761
If you have read this far through this adventurous historical lesson, youre now an authority on the Ohio & Erie Canal. A great effort went into making this book readable, enjoyable, and accurate. This book was inspired years ago as a child playing next to the Ohio & Erie Canal. Years later, my interest unfolded into such marvelous events beginning in the Flats of Cleveland. This is where my walk began, heading south towards the Ohio River. In the 156 hour walk, I got to see the same sights the canalers experienced nearly 200 years ago. I walked into the back woods and many out-of-the-way places. I would be certain that since the final days of the canal brought on by the flood of 1913, I am the only person who has walked its distance. To sum it up, it was pure adventure, excitement, and fulfillment.
Author : Boone Triplett
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 24,89 MB
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 1467112526
A fascinating history of the Ohio and Erie Canal, from a national leader in agricultural output to a recreational resource. George Washington first proposed the idea of a canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Ohio-Mississippi River System in 1784. Inspired by the Erie Canal in New York, the State of Ohio began surveying routes in 1822 for its own grand internal improvement project. Completed a decade later, the 309-mile-long Ohio and Erie Canal connected Cleveland, Akron, Massillon, Dover, Roscoe, Newark, Columbus, Circleville, Chillicothe, Waverly, and Portsmouth. Success was immediate, as this vital transportation link provided access to Eastern markets. Within a span of 35 years, canals transformed Ohio from a rural frontier wilderness into the nation's leader in agricultural output and third most populous state by 1860. Railroads marked the end of the canal as an economic engine, but traffic continued to operate until the Great Flood of 1913 destroyed the system as a commercial enterprise. Today, the Ohio and Erie Canal is enjoying a rebirth as a recreational resource.
Author : Jack Gieck
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 20,81 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780873383530
This book is a profusely illustrated interpretation of life along Ohio's 19th-century canal system: the Miami & Erie Canal with its multiple feeders in central and eastern Ohio. Gieck recounts the efforts of people involved in the planning and building of the canal system and draws an admiring yet candid picture of the canalers who made their livelihood upon the canal waters. Designed in an oversized format, this beautiful volume will be welcomed by historians and engineers as well as by all those who find in the surviving canals a fascinating symbol of Ohio's heritage.
Author : Terry K. Woods
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 12,10 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN :
This is a one-volume history of the Ohio and Erie Canal. It chronicles the events leading up to construction, as well as public opinion of the canal system, the modification made to traditional boat designs, and much more.
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Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 26,11 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780873385220
The people who lived and worked on and alongside the Ohio and Erie canal had a vocabulary of their own. This text lists the terms they used to describe the boats, crews and canals - these have been taken from the official reports of the Ohio Canal Commissioners and the Board of Public Works.
Author : James S. Jackson
Publisher :
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 28,47 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio)
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Page : pages
File Size : 32,51 MB
Release : 2007-03-05
Category :
ISBN : 9780873389310
Part I: Historical Background, 29 mins. Part II: The Ohio & Erie Canal, Then and Now, 34 mins. Part III: The Miami & Erie Canal and the Milan Canal, 26 mins. This three-part series won awards from the International Film & TV Festival of New York, the Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums, and the American Association of Historical Societies and Museums. A 16-pge Teacher/Discussion Guide is included. This series, produced in cooperation with the Canal Society of America, brings to life an almost forgotten period in Ohio's early history, visiting restored sections of the vital nineteenth-century inland transportation system. Kent State University Press's award-winning book A Photo Album of Ohio's Canal Era, 1825-1913, by Jack Gieck, can be purchased along with this DVD.
Author : Ronald E. Shaw
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 48,7 MB
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0813143489
The construction of the Erie Canal may truly be described as a major event in the growth of the young United States. At a time when the internal links among the states were scanty, the canal's planners boldly projected a system of transportation that would strike from the eastern seaboard, penetrate the frontier, and forge a bond between the East and the growing settlements of the West. In this comprehensive history, Ronald E. Shaw portrays the development of the canal as viewed by its contemporaries, who rightly saw it as an engineering marvel and an achievement of great economic and social significance not only for New York but also for the nation.