Ohio and Erie Canal /

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-mil...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Triplett, Boone (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, 2014
Series:Images of America.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Cuyahoga Valley
  • 2. Cascade Locks and Portage Summit
  • 3. Upper Tuscarawas Valley
  • 4. Lower Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valleys
  • 5. Licking Valley and Summit
  • 6. Little Walnut and Upper Scioto Valleys
  • 7. Lower Scioto Valley
  • Bibliography