Dover in Tuscarawas County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
The Ohio and Erie Canal / Canal Dover Toll House
1825 - 1913
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., December 22, 2008
1. The Ohio and Erie Canal Marker (Side A)
Inscription.
The Ohio and Erie Canal, also, Canal Dover Toll House.
The Ohio-Erie Canal 1825-1913. Seeking an alternate transportation route to distant markets, many farmers and manufacturers in Ohio wanted to connect the Ohio River to Lake Erie with a canal. Beginning in Cleveland the Ohio-Erie Canal ran south, the length of the state, to Portsmouth. The canal was a total of 308 miles long, 40 feet wide at the surface, and 4 feet deep. The Ohio-Erie Canal opened for traffic along its entire length in 1832 and consequently effected great change. Population along the canal increased, and commercial, political, and industrial growth in Ohio boomed. Products grown and manufactured in this previously isolated region now had access to world markets. Profits for farmers and merchants increased, and the entire state economy was bolstered. With the rise of railroads in the 1860s, however, canals were destined to become obsolete because the railroad was a faster and more dependable means of transportation. The canal system ceased to operate altogether after a disastrous flood in 1913.,
The Ohio-Erie Canal Canal Dover Toll House. Strategically located along the entire length of the Ohio-Erie Canal were eleven toll houses at Cleveland, Akron, Massillon, Canal Dover, Roscoe, Newark, Carrol, Circleville, Waverly, and Portsmouth. Each canal boat was required to pay a toll or fee for use of the canal. The per-mile rate of the toll was usually in the form of pennies or mills, per weight or container. The Canal Dover Toll House was situated just east of this location between the canal and the Tuscarawas River.
The Ohio-Erie Canal 1825-1913
Seeking an alternate transportation route to distant markets, many farmers and manufacturers in Ohio wanted to connect the Ohio River to Lake Erie with a canal. Beginning in Cleveland the Ohio-Erie Canal ran south, the length of the state, to Portsmouth. The canal was a total of 308 miles long, 40 feet wide at the surface, and 4 feet deep. The Ohio-Erie Canal opened for traffic along its entire length in 1832 and consequently effected great change. Population along the canal increased, and commercial, political, and industrial growth in Ohio boomed. Products grown and manufactured in this previously isolated region now had access to world markets. Profits for farmers and merchants increased, and the entire state economy was bolstered. With the rise of railroads in the 1860s, however, canals were destined to become obsolete because the railroad was a faster and more dependable means of transportation. The canal system ceased to operate altogether after a disastrous flood in 1913.
The Ohio-Erie Canal Canal Dover Toll House
Strategically located along the entire length of the Ohio-Erie Canal were eleven toll houses at Cleveland, Akron, Massillon, Canal Dover, Roscoe, Newark, Carrol, Circleville, Waverly, and Portsmouth. Each canal boat was required
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to pay a toll or fee for use of the canal. The per-mile rate of the toll was usually in the form of pennies or mills, per weight or container. The Canal Dover Toll House was situated just east of this location between the canal and the Tuscarawas River.
Erected 1995 by The Tuscarawas County Historical Society and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 6-79.)
Location. 40° 31.132′ N, 81° 28.566′ W. Marker is in Dover, Ohio, in Tuscarawas County. Marker is on Front Street, on the left when traveling west. Marker is about 300 feet east of Tuscarawas Avenue, along the Tuscarawas River. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dover OH 44622, United States of America. Touch for directions.
More about this marker. The marker is numbered 5-79 on its face. However, its official marker number, as recorded on the list of The Ohio Historical Society is number 6-79.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., December 22, 2008
3. The Ohio and Erie Canal Map on Marker
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., December 22, 2008
4. The Ohio and Erie Canal Marker
Tuscarawas Avenue Bridge in background.
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, March 15, 2015
5. The Ohio and Erie Canal Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on August 27, 2018. It was originally submitted on January 11, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 2,839 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 11, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 5. submitted on March 16, 2015, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
