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Ohio & Erie Canal Sign
Photographer: William Fischer, Jr.
Taken: October 23, 2008
Caption: Ohio & Erie Canal Sign
Additional Description: In Lock Meadows Park next to canal lock. “309 miles from Cleveland to Portsmouth. Constructed by the Granville Co. 1829 to 1830. First boat through canal Sept. 25, 1831. Length of chamber - 90 feet; width of chamber - 15 feet. Lockbourne founded in 1831 by James Kilbourne.”
Submitted: October 23, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p40779
File Size: 0.249 Megabytes

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