Miami and Erie Canal
By: Bill Oeters and Nancy Gulick
Contributors: Gulick, Nancy, author
Series: Images of America; Images of America
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Charleston, South Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781467112536
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Canals; History
Description: In the 1800s, the United States was a nation obsessed with finding a form of transportation that was the fastest, cheapest, and most reliable; at the time, canals were the answer. Canals broke through vast, open countryside, forested woodlands, and rolling hills to expose the heart of the nation to development. They took passengers and goods off of dusty or muddy roads and delivered them to their destinations faster and cheaper than by any other means. From Toledo to Cincinnati, the Miami and Erie Canal provided western Ohio with that sorely needed waterway and became part of the 1,000 miles of Ohio canals contributing to the national network of canals. Today, with the help of government, corporations, and citizens, many parts of the Ohio canal system have been preserved or restored and can be visited and experienced. Watered sections of canal quietly reflect a bygone era and lead an explorer down the towpaths of history.
Table of contents: title: The Miami Canal : Cincinnati to Dayton; title: The Miami Extension Canal : Dayton to Junction; title: The Miami and Erie Canal : Junction to Toledo; title: The Flood of 1913 : demise of the Miami and Erie Canal; title: After the Flood : conservation, restoration, and interpretation.