Heath in Licking County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Ohio Canal Was Started
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, June 9, 2022
1. Ohio Canal Was Started Marker
Erected 1925 by Licking County Citizens.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical date for this entry is July 4, 1825.
Location. 40° 0.814′ N, 82° 27.423′ W. Marker is in Heath, Ohio, in Licking County. It is on Hebron Road (Ohio Route 79) 0.1 miles south of Coffman Boulevard, on the left when traveling south. The marker is situated next to Ohio Historical Marker and the remains of an old Ohio-Erie Canal lock. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1405 Hebron Rd, Heath OH 43056, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Columbus Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Ohio Canal Ground-Breaking (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); An Eagle at the Center (approx. 2.3 miles away); What's Missing? (approx. 2.4 miles away); Great Circle Earthworks (approx. 2.4 miles away); Monumental Works of Earth (approx. 2.4 miles away); Was this a fort? (approx. 2½ miles away); Earthen Architecture (approx. 2½ miles away); Pathway to Preservation (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Heath.
Also see . . .
1. Ohio's Historic Canals. (Submitted on June 11, 2022, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.)
2. Governor DeWitt Clinton's grave. (Submitted on June 11, 2022, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.)
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, June 9, 2022
2. Ohio Canal Was Started Marker
View of marker looking north along Ohio Route 79, with related Ohio Historical Marker to the right, and the remaining ruins of an Ohio-Erie Canal lock in the right background.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, June 9, 2022
3. Ruins of the canal lock
Distant view of the backside of marker looking south along Ohio Route 79, with related Ohio Historical Marker to the left, and the remaining ruins of an Ohio-Erie Canal lock in the left foreground.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 11, 2022, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 579 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 12, 2022, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
