| Ohio (Allen County), Spencerville — Miami & Erie Canal Deep Cut / Miami & Erie Canal — Anthony Wayne Parkway |
| | Miami & Erie Canal, Deep Cut
You are on that section of the Miami and Erie Canal where the greatest excavation was made – a section that has been known over the years as “Deep Cut.” The huge ditch, 6,600 feet long and 5 to 52 feet deep, was dug and blasted through the tough blue-clay ridge which separates the St. Marys watershed from that of the Auglaize.
Strong-muscled farm boys, brawny Irishmen, and sometimes convicts, sentenced to hard labor, toiled here with . . . — Map (db m22848) |
| Ohio (Allen County), Spencerville — Miami – Erie Canal — Lock 15 |
| | Miami – Erie Canal
From 1845 to about 1906 barges pulled by horses provided transportation from the Ohio River to Lake Erie through a system of locks which raised or lowered boats to the next level of the canal.
Locks often became sites of towns, beginning with a tender’s house, followed by a stable, tavern and mill.
The canal was hand-dug to a minimum width of 26’ at the bottom and 40’ at the waterline.
The first boat to Toledo left Cincinnati June 27, 1845, with . . . — Map (db m22933) |
| Ohio (Auglaize County), New Bremen — Bowstring Girder |
| | Constructed in 1864, this is the oldest cast iron "bowstring girder" bridge in Ohio. Originally part of a three-span structure over the Auglaize River in Wapakoneta, the bridge was moved to Moulton Angle Road north of New Knoxville in 1904. In 1984, through the efforts of local citizens and business, the bridge was brought to New Bremen where it was restored and placed over the Miami and Erie Canal. It was built by David H. Morrison, founder of the Columbia Bridge Works in Dayton. — Map (db m22947) |
| Ohio (Auglaize County), New Bremen — Loramie Summit |
| | The Miami Erie Canal, built 1825-1845, 244.5 miles long, was a transporter of passengers and freight between Lake Erie and the Ohio River. This section is Loramie Summit., a 21 mile plateau of water retained by Lock 1-N (this marker) and Lock 1-S at Lockington: water supplied by summit feeders from reservoirs Loramie and Lewiston (Indian Lake). Lock 1-N was one of 105 locks which lifted boats 513’ from Cincinnati to the summit, lowered 395’ to Toledo. Lock chambers of wood and stone were 90’ by . . . — Map (db m22946) |
| Ohio (Auglaize County), New Bremen — Miami and Erie Canal, New Bremen |
| | Lockkeeper's House
The Lockkeeper's House was the residence of the Lockkeeper and his family. The Lockkeeper was on duty 24 hours a day, seven days per week, and was responsible for operating the lock as needed to move boats through the lock. This photograph is oriented to duplicate the view one would have had in 1910 of Lock One and the Lockkeeper's House while facing south at this location.
Impact of the Canal
New Bremen became a prosperous community due to the canal. . . . — Map (db m22781) |
| Ohio (Auglaize County), New Bremen — Miami and Erie Canal, New Bremen |
| | Locking Through
Lock One North is one of 105 locks used to raise and lower boats traveling between Lake Erie and the Ohio River. Large wooden gates were built at each end of the lock to hold water in the lock. A boat, pulled by a team of mules would enter through an open gate, which was closed when the boat was fully in the lock. A wicket gate, or opening in one of the gates, would be opened and allow the water in the lock to raise or lower to the same level as the next stretch of . . . — Map (db m23062) |
| Ohio (Auglaize County), New Bremen — 2-6 — The Miami & Erie Canal and New Bremen |
| | Begun in 1833, the Miami Extension linked the Miami Canal in Dayton to the Wabash & Erie Canal at Junction. Engineering difficulties, epidemics and the Panic of 1837 delayed completion of the Extension until June 1845, when the packet boat Banner first navigated the almost 250 mile distance from Cincinnati to Toledo in three days. New Bremen was the northern terminus for a period while work continued northward on the Extension. Designated the Miami & Erie in 1849, it served as the . . . — Map (db m20023) |
| Ohio (Defiance County), Independence — Two Canals |
| | This marker is on the trunk line of both the Miami & Erie Canal and the Wabash & Erie Canal. The Miami & Erie Canal, built by Ohio, was begun on July 21, 1825 and completed in 1845. It connected the Ohio River at Cincinnati with Lake Erie at Toledo. By the time the canal reached the Maumee Valley, the Wabash & Erie had already been projected from Fort Wayne to Toledo. At Junction, some 15 miles southwest of here, the two canals joined and became one. Indiana built the Wabash & Erie Canal from . . . — Map (db m19438) |
| Ohio (Defiance County), Junction — 4-63 — Miami – Erie and Wabash – Erie Canals — Junction, Ohio |
| | On this site, the Miami and Erie Canal, that came north from Cincinnati and the Ohio River, intersected with the Wabash and Erie Canal that came from Fort Wayne and Evansville, Indiana. From this point, which became the town of Junction, the canals proceeded as one to Defiance, Toledo, and Lake Erie. From the 1830s to the 1870s, the canals played a key role in the settling of Paulding County, an area that was once part of the Great Black Swamp. They held the promise of easier and quicker . . . — Map (db m19418) |
| Ohio (Lucas County), Providence — 31-48 — Miami & Erie Canal — Ohio Historical Marker |
| | The Wabash & Erie Canal opened between Toledo and Lafayette, Indiana, May 8, 1843. The Miami Extension Canal was completed to Junction, Ohio, on July 4, 1845, linking the Wabash & Erie Canal with Cincinnati and resulting in changing the canal’s name to the Miami & Erie Canal. Prosperity reigned until the 1850s when railroad competition caused a slow decline in commerce. The canal branch to Indiana was in disuse by 1858 and totally abandoned in 1888. The canal system was revived from 1906-1909 . . . — Map (db m19574) |
| Ohio (Lucas County), Toledo — 26 – 48 — Canal Terminus / Manhattan — Ohio Historical Marker |
| | [Marker Front]:
Canal Terminus
The original northernmost lock in a canal system which linked Lake Erie with the Ohio River was located near the foot of LaSalle Street. Indiana’s Wabash & Erie Canal (1843 – 1874) joined Ohio’s Miami & Erie Canal (1845 – 1913) near Defiance and shared the same course to this location. Toledo’s Swan Creek side cut became the northern terminus in 1864.
[Marker Reverse]:
Manhattan
Founded in 1835, by the . . . — Map (db m19439) |
| Ohio (Lucas County), Toledo — 20-48 — Toledo’s Canals — Ohio Historical Marker |
| | [Marker Front]:
The first canal boat arrived in Toledo from Indiana in 1843 via the Wabash & Erie Canal. The Miami & Erie Canal from Cincinnati was completed in 1845. It joined the W&E Canal near Defiance and they shared the same course along the Maumee River. The final section of the canal from Toledo’s Swan Creek Side Cut to Manhattan passed across the present courthouse square.
[Marker Reverse]:
Toledo won the canal business and became its northern terminus when . . . — Map (db m19474) |
| Ohio (Shelby County), Fort Loramie — Miami and Erie Canal — Anthony Wayne Parkway |
| | This marker is on the right-of-way of the Old Miami and Erie Canal which ran from the Ohio River at Cincinnati to Lake Erie at Toledo. Gov. DeWitt Clinton of New York broke ground for the canal on July 21, 1825 just below Middletown. Built in sections, the canal was opened from end to end in 1845. It was 248.8 miles long, and here, on the "Loramie Summit," rose to 512 feet above the Ohio River. It included 19 aqueducts, 3 guard locks, 103 lift locks, and 3 reservoirs. Navigation began November . . . — Map (db m20039) |
| Ohio (Shelby County), Fort Loramie — Miami Erie Canal Mile Stone |
| | These stones were placed at 1 mile intervals. You are here, 116 miles from Cincinnati. — Map (db m19953) |
| Ohio (Shelby County), Lockington — Lockington Locks |
| | Built between 1825 and 1845, this series of locks raised and lowered canal boats a total of 67 feet. The upper lock, near the "Loramie Summit," is the high point between Cincinnati and Toledo. Five of the original locks are along the trail; the sixth is out of sight across Loramie Creek. The Miami & Erie Canal provided service between Cincinnati and Toledo until destroyed by the 1913 flood. — Map (db m19946) |
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