Description: Caption reads: "Dry dock on the Ohio Canal." 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_B02F06_002_1
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Dry docks--United States--History; Boats and Boating; Ohio canal; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Caption reads: "Picture of Old Ohio Canal at Thornport on state #13. Barn beside Canal Relic." 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_B02F06_040_1
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Boathouses--Pictorial works; Ohio canal; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Thornport (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Scioto County, including the new channel for the outlet of the canal into the Ohio River near Portsmouth. Bridges, culverts, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. 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). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4919_011
Subjects: Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio River
Places: Scioto County (Ohio);
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Columbus feeder canal and the Ohio and Erie Canal in Franklin County, Ohio, near Shadeville. Shown along the canal route are the Scioto River, bridges, and properties in Shadeville. 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). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4916_004
Subjects: Maps; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio;
Places: Shadeville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the routes of the Circleville feeder canal and the Ohio and Erie Canal in Pickaway County, Ohio, between stations 3372 and 3496. The Scioto River, bridges and railroads along the route are also noted. 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). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4917_001
Subjects: Maps; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Pickaway County (Ohio);
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Ross County, Ohio, between stations 0 and 236. The Scioto River, Norfolk and Western Railroad, Paint Creek, Indian Creek, bridges and other landmarks along the route are also noted. 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). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4917_011
Subjects: Maps; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Ross County (Ohio);
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Pike County, Ohio, between stations 1221 and 1330. The Scioto River, the Jasper Basin, bridges, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. 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). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4918_009
Subjects: Maps; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Pike County (Ohio);
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Pike County, Ohio, between stations 855 and 989. The Scioto Valley Railway, bridges, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. 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). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4918_006
Subjects: Maps; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Railroads--Ohio
Places: Pike County (Ohio);
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Pickaway County, Ohio, between stations 2706 and 2852. Bridges, culverts and weirs along the route are also noted, as well as the adjacent town of Millport. 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). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4916_007
Subjects: Maps; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio;
Places: Pickaway County (Ohio);
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Pickaway County, Ohio, between stations 2969 and 3107. Walnut Creek, bridges and other landmarks along the route are also noted. 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). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4916_009
Subjects: Maps; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio;
Places: Pickaway County (Ohio);
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Ross County, Ohio, between stations 368 and 492. The Scioto River, Norfolk and Western Railroad, an aqueduct, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. 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). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4918_002
Subjects: Maps; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Ross County (Ohio);
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Pike County, Ohio, between stations 1443 and 1553. The Scioto River, bridges, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. 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). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4918_011
Subjects: Maps; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Pike County (Ohio);