Description: Caption reads "Cincinnati, Ohio. Miami and Erie Canal at Plum and Twelfth Street about 1860." This photograph (ca. 1935-1943) is of a drawing or lithograph of the Miami and Erie Canal in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo and was completed in 1845. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_033_001
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio--History; Canals--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio)--History; Illustrations; Geography and Natural Resources; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The original description reads: "The picture of this man wading in the canal was taken July, 1904." This photo shows the state of the Miami and Erie canal near Dayton in the early 1900s. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo and was completed in 1845. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_031
Subjects: Montgomery County (Ohio)--History; Canals--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio)--History; Geography and Natural Resources; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Ohio-Erie Canal that ran through Tuscarawas County began at Summit Lake near Barberton and ended at Dresden. The canal was a was for farmers and manufacturers to connect to the Ohio River and Lake Erie. It operated from 1825 until the disastrous flood in 1913. It became obsolete due to the railroads. This photograph is a scene near Tuscarawas in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F01_041_001
Subjects: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)--History; Canals--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio)--History; Geography and Natural Resources; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph depicts a sunken canal boat with a caption which reads "What Shall We Do With the Canal? Abandoned Ohio State Repair Boat sunk in Canal at Dayton, Ohio, opposite Fairgrounds. (From photograph taken March 7, 1911) April 24, 1911". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_013
Subjects: Canals Ohio; Dayton (Ohio)--History; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Canals; Warehouses; Boats and boating; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads; "Members of the 50 Year Club at Akron, O. inspect Model Canal Boat." This is a photograph of four unidentified women in the 50 Year Club posing for a picture in Akron, Ohio. There is a model of a boat in front of them. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F02_001_001
Subjects: Societies and clubs; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Canals; Boats; Ohio Women; Models; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Hand-colored map of Ohio showing its canals, roads and distances, from "A New Universal Atlas" by S. Augustus Mitchell (Philadelphia, 1848). Also included on the map is a profile of the Ohio Canal and mapped steamboat routes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: ohiomap_0034_4
Subjects: Maps--Ohio; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Canals--Ohio--History--19th century; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows a lock on the Ohio and Erie Canal in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. A lock is a device for raising and lowering boats between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F02_019_001
Subjects: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)--History; Locks (Canal); Canals Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio)--History; Geography and Natural Resources; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Panoramic photograph of the entrance to Buckeye Lake Park, ca. 1930. Buckeye Lake began as a small pond that Ohio's American Indians called "Big Swamp" or "Big Pond." In the 1820s, the state began construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal, and workers built a dike that diverted water from the south fork of the Licking River into the pond, which then became known as the Licking Reservoir or Licking Summit Reservoir. As canals declined in use in the second half of the 19th century, the Ohio and Erie Canal was abandoned and began to deteriorate, but the canal's decline did not mean an end to the Licking Reservoir. Instead, the state legislature renamed it Buckeye Lake and made it a public park in 1894. By the early 20th century, the reservoir had become an attractive location for recreational activities, including through the construction of Buckeye Lake Amusement Park, and the Columbus, Buckeye Lake and Newark Interurban Electric Railway, an electric trolley system, connected the park to nearby urban areas. In 1949, the state of Ohio designated Buckeye Lake as a state park. The amusement park began to decline in popularity by the late 1950s and continued to deteriorate in the 1960s. Although the amusement park no longer exists, Buckeye Lake State Park still attracts a number of visitors to the area each year, in addition to the many people who own vacation homes near the lake or live in the area year-round. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4458_buckeyelake
Subjects: Buckeye Lake (Ohio)--History; State parks & reserves; Canals--Ohio--History--19th century; Buckeye Lake State Park (Ohio); Amusement parks--Ohio
Places: Buckeye Lake (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio);
 

Description: This image shows a portion of Buckeye Lake in Licking County, Ohio. began as a small pond that Ohio's American Indians called "Big Swamp" or "Big Pond." In the 1820s, the state began construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal, and workers built a dike that diverted water from the south fork of the Licking River into the pond, which then became known as the Licking Reservoir or Licking Summit Reservoir. As canals declined in use in the second half of the 19th century, the Ohio and Erie Canal was abandoned and began to deteriorate, but the canal's decline did not mean an end to the Licking Reservoir. Instead, the state legislature renamed it Buckeye Lake and made it a public park in 1894. By the early 20th century, the reservoir had become an attractive location for recreational activities, including through the construction of Buckeye Lake Amusement Park, and the Columbus, Buckeye Lake and Newark Interurban Electric Railway, an electric trolley system, connected the park to nearby urban areas. In 1949, the state of Ohio designated Buckeye Lake as a state park. The amusement park began to decline in popularity by the late 1950s and continued to deteriorate in the 1960s. Although the amusement park no longer exists, Buckeye Lake State Park still attracts a number of visitors to the area each year, in addition to the many people who own vacation homes near the lake or live in the area year-round. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06511
Subjects: Buckeye Lake (Ohio)--History; State parks & reserves; Canals--Ohio--History--19th century;
Places: Buckeye Lake (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of Buckeye Lake in Licking County, Ohio. Although this map is affixed in a volume of plat maps for the Miami and Erie Canal, Buckeye Lake (formerly known as Licking Reservoir) was a part of the Ohio and Erie Canal system. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). In the 1820s, the state began construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal, and workers built a dike that diverted water from the south fork of the Licking River into the pond, which then became known as the Licking Reservoir or Licking Summit Reservoir. As canals declined in use in the second half of the 19th century, the Ohio and Erie Canal was abandoned and began to deteriorate, but the canal's decline did not mean an end to the Licking Reservoir. Instead, the state legislature renamed it Buckeye Lake and made it a public park in 1894. In 1949, the state of Ohio designated Buckeye Lake as a state park. The amusement park began to decline in popularity by the late 1950s and continued to deteriorate in the 1960s. Although the amusement park no longer exists, Buckeye Lake State Park still attracts a number of visitors to the area each year, in addition to the many people who own vacation homes near the lake or live in the area year-round. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV23165_017
Subjects: Buckeye Lake (Ohio)--History; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Reservoirs
Places: Buckeye Lake (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing Buckeye Lake in Licking, Perry and Fairfield Counties. Although this map is affixed in a volume of plat maps for the Miami and Erie Canal, Buckeye Lake (formerly known as Licking Reservoir) was a part of the Ohio and Erie Canal system. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). In the 1820s, the state began construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal, and workers built a dike that diverted water from the south fork of the Licking River into the pond, which then became known as the Licking Reservoir or Licking Summit Reservoir. As canals declined in use in the second half of the 19th century, the Ohio and Erie Canal was abandoned and began to deteriorate, but the canal's decline did not mean an end to the Licking Reservoir. Instead, the state legislature renamed it Buckeye Lake and made it a public park in 1894. In 1949, the state of Ohio designated Buckeye Lake as a state park. The amusement park began to decline in popularity by the late 1950s and continued to deteriorate in the 1960s. Although the amusement park no longer exists, Buckeye Lake State Park still attracts a number of visitors to the area each year, in addition to the many people who own vacation homes near the lake or live in the area year-round. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV23165_018
Subjects: Buckeye Lake (Ohio)--History; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Reservoirs
Places: Buckeye Lake (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Front caption reads: "The Miami Canal at Dayton. This photograph was taken when the canals were in their heyday. This shipshape looking boat is tied up before a forwarding station or depot. (Courtesy of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce)." During the late 1810s, Governor Thomas Worthington and Governor Ethan Allen Brown both supported internal improvements, especially canals. Both men believed that Ohioans needed quick and easy access to the Ohio River and to Lake Erie if they were to profit financially. In 1822, the Ohio legislature realized the importance of internal improvements and created a new Ohio Canal Commission. The Canal Commission eventually recommended a route starting at Lake Erie, passing through the Cuyahoga Valley, the Muskingum Valley, the Licking Valley, and then to the Ohio River along the Scioto Valley. The Commission also recommended a western route along the Miami and Maumee Valleys. By 1833, the Ohio and Erie Canal was complete, followed twelve years later by the Miami and Erie Canal. Once completed, thirty-three of Ohio's eighty-eight counties either had portions of canals running through them or quarries to mine rock for construction. The canals had many advantages to Ohioans. Most importantly, the cost to ship goods from the East Coast to Ohio and vice versa declined tremendously from 125 dollars per ton of goods to twenty-five dollars per ton of goods. Most canals remained in operation in Ohio until the late 1800s, their demise due in part to competition from the much speedier railroads. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F07_003_1
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio)--History; Boats and Boating; Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)