Talk:Whitewater Canal

message: I began this much needed page and I hope and encourage anyone who knows something about this topic to further help me create this page.  I know there are experts out there that could really help make this a great page.  Thanks. (Chris4682 07:31, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Page start

message: "In November 1847 the Whitewater Canal section in Harrison, Ohio  flooded and washed out. The section was never rebuilt. This effectively ended the canal era in Hagerstown after only a few months of service.[2]"
I have two problems with this; First it is in the wrong place because it indicates that the problems at Harrison closed the whole canal from Hagerstown to Harrison 70+ miles away. The damage at Harrison would not have closed operations on the north end of the canal.  There were 55 locks in the canal and only the down stream segments would have been affected by a failure. It would have only been an inconvenience to have had to wagon haul over the final segment.
The second issue is related to the first in that the canal was flood damaged and repaired many times during it's life. It did not end its use as a transportation facility "In November 1847" although that was when problems became apparent. Beyond its utility as transportation, segments were in use for water and hydro power for about a century. I know that both and Metamora and Connersville got water and/or power from the canal for the remainder of the 19th century. I'm sure there were other places as well.
Actually the first big 'disaster' for the Whitewater Canal was in Jan. 1847 when floods took  out two aqueducts and took out five of seven feeder dams. That was repaired at $70,000 cost and then it flooded again in Nov. 1847 and $80,000 more was spent on repairs with some left unfinished. September of 1848 saw the canal usable again. That was the way it went until 1862 when the I & C Railroad bought the canal and turned the Ohio segment into a railroad using the canal tunnel as a train tunnel. Most of this comes from an article in Indiana Magazine of History written by James M. Miller in 1899.
I will add to the entry as I get time.
Corumplex (talk) 01:47, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hagerstown after only a few months of service? 

message: The article needs a new map. The current map is inaccurate as it shows the canal following the EAST fork of the Whitewater when it should be on the west fork. It also shows Hagerstown near where Richmond would be.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Corumplex (talk • contribs) 15:59, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map 

message: There is a confusion in the identity of the company created to build and operate the whitewater canal. The entry-
White Water Valley Canal Company
The White Water Valley Canal Company was granted a charter by the Indiana General Assembly of 1825-26.[4] The company was set up after the State of Indiana could no longer afford to finish the Whitewater Canal system. The White Water Valley Canal Company finished the canal through Cambridge City, Indiana.
Has errors!
The first chartered company was the "Whitewater Canal Company" and was chartered on January 21, 1826. When the state got in financial trouble it was 1839 and in 1842 the state chartered the "White Water Valley Canal Company" (five words) to finish the canal as far as the National Road, which meant Cambridge City.
I am posting notice of this because the portion in error is cited by reference. I can't explain this except that someone has made a serious error. Any one have a better explanation?Corumplex (talk) 06:19, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Whitewater Canal Companies