New Bremen in Auglaize County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
The Miami & Erie Canal and New Bremen
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, June 5, 2009
1. The Miami & Erie Canal and New Bremen Marker
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The Miami and Erie Canal and New Bremen. .
The Miami and Erie Canal and New Bremen. Begun in 1833, the Miami Extension linked the Miami Canal in Dayton to the Wabash and 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 and Erie in 1849, it served as the primary avenue of commerce and military transport, and as a "post road" (mail route) between western Lake Erie and the Ohio River before the railroad era. The Miami and Erie remained in use until 1913, long after the canal era had passed. Along the course of the canal, New Bremen was the approximate midway point between Cincinnati and Toledo.
New Bremen and the Miami and Erie Canal. Sited at the junction of the Auglaize Trail and the surveyed route of the Miami Extension Canal, New Bremen was founded in 1833 by Hanoverian German Protestants of the City of Bremen Society. The canal quickly became the focal point of commerce for the growing town, and its influence in New Bremen remains as visible as the town's German roots. You are standing near the "heelpath" at Lock 1 North, the northern end of the 23-mile-long Loramie Summit, the highest level of the canal and its only summit. You are 516 feet above the Ohio River at Cincinnati and 374 feet above Lake Erie at Toledo. Originally built of wood due to the cost and difficulty of obtaining stone, Lock 1 North was rebuilt in concrete circa 1910.
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 primary avenue of commerce and military transport, and as a "post road" (mail route) between western Lake Erie and the Ohio River before the railroad era. The Miami & Erie remained in use until 1913, long after the canal era had passed. Along the course of the canal, New Bremen was the approximate midway point between Cincinnati and Toledo.
New Bremen and the Miami & Erie Canal
Sited at the junction of the Auglaize Trail and the surveyed route of the Miami Extension Canal, New Bremen was founded in 1833 by Hanoverian German Protestants of the City of Bremen Society. The canal quickly became the focal point of commerce for the growing town, and its influence in New Bremen remains as visible as the town's German roots. You are standing near the "heelpath"
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at Lock 1 North, the northern end of the 23-mile-long Loramie Summit, the highest level of the canal and its only summit. You are 516 feet above the Ohio River at Cincinnati and 374 feet above Lake Erie at Toledo. Originally built of wood due to the cost and difficulty of obtaining stone, Lock 1 North was rebuilt in concrete circa 1910.
Erected 2003 by New Bremen - New Knoxville Rotary Club, the New Bremen Historic Association, and the Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 2-6.)
Location. 40° 26.199′ N, 84° 22.825′ W. Marker is in New Bremen, Ohio, in Auglaize County. It is at the intersection of West Monroe Street (Ohio Route 274) and South Washington Street (Route 66), on the right when traveling east on West Monroe Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Bremen OH 45869, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. 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, and the Northwest Territory.
More about this marker. This historical marker is located in a public park that is situated on the Miami & Erie Canal right-of-way, that is located on the southwest corner of the intersection of State Route 66 with State Route 274, in downtown New Bremen.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, June 5, 2009
3. The Miami & Erie Canal and New Bremen Marker
View of historical marker in the left foreground and historic Miami & Erie Canal Lock #1 north in the distant background.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, June 5, 2009
4. The Miami & Erie Canal and Lock #1 North
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2017. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2009, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,318 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on June 17, 2009, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. 2. submitted on February 1, 2017, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan. 3, 4. submitted on June 17, 2009, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
