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Hocking Canal Site
1840–1940
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By J. J. Prats, July 14, 2008 | |
| | | 1. Hocking Canal Site Marker | | |
Inscription. This section of Route 33 in the City of Nelsonville is constructed on the site of the former Hocking Canal.
This early waterway, a tremendous factor in the industrial development of the Hocking Coal District of Ohio, was completed to this point in September, 1840, when the first boatload of “stone coal” was shipped by canal to market. Although succeeded by the railroad in 1869, the canal served a full half-century of usefulness before abandonment.
This section of the highway was dedicated October 26th, 1940, just 100 years after completion of the canal.
C. D. Shafer • C. G. Dew, Mayor • A. B. Wells
Erected 1940.
Location. 39° 27.683′ N, 82° 14.417′ W. Marker is in Nelsonville, Ohio, in Athens County. Marker is at the intersection of Canal Street (U.S. 33) and Washington Street, on the left when traveling east on Canal Street. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Nelsonville OH 45764, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Camp Site of Lord Dunmore (about 500 feet away, in a direct line); Historic Haydenville / Haydenville Historic District (approx. 4.7 miles away); Millfield Mine No. 6 - 1205 Disaster (approx. 7.9 miles away); Todd and Tony Carr Memorial (approx. 8.5 miles away); Hisylvania Coal Company Mine No. 22 (approx. 8.5 miles away); Glouster Korea-Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 8.6 miles away); Trimble Township War Memorial (approx. 8.6 miles away); Millfield Coal Mine Disaster (approx. 8.9 miles away). | | | | 
By J. J. Prats, July 14, 2008 | |
| | | 2. Hocking Canal Site Monument | | |
Also see . . . Hocking Valley (Lancaster Lateral) Canal. “The Hocking Valley canal was begun from Lancaster, the southern terminal of an already existing nine mile canal (the Lancaster Lateral), to Logan in 1836, on to Nelsonville in 1840 and Athens in 1841. Connected to the Ohio & Erie canal at Lockbourne it was officially opened to the public in 1840 and completed on through Athens in 1843. Totalling 56 miles from Carroll to Athens with 30 locks, 8 dams and 1 aquaduct. With a total cost of $947,670.25.” (Submitted on August 30, 2008.)
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By William Fischer, Jr., June 1, 2009 | |
| | | 3. Hocking Canal Lock 19 (Johnny Appleseed Park) | | Along US Route 33, about three miles west of Nelsonville. | | |
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By William Fischer, Jr., June 1, 2009 | |
| | | 4. Hocking Canal Lock 19 | | Along US Route 33, about three miles west of Nelsonville. | | |
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By William Fischer, Jr., June 1, 2009 | |
| | | 5. Hocking Canal Lock 19 East End | | Along US Route 33, about three miles west of Nelsonville. | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on August 30, 2008, by J. J. Prats of Springfield, Virginia. This page has been viewed 572 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. Submitted on August 30, 2008, by J. J. Prats of Springfield, Virginia. 3, 4, 5. Submitted on June 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Lancaster, Ohio.
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