Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Miami and Erie Canal in Miami County through Troy, Ohio, between stations 8244 and 8312. The Ohio, Indiana and Western Railroad, the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, bridges, and other landmarks along the route and throughout the town 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). Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal took place between 1825 and 1845, and the finished route connected Cincinnati and Toledo, as well as the Ohio River with Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4927_006
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Railroads--Ohio
Places: Troy (Ohio); Miami 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 Pike County, Ohio, between stations 1085 and 1221. The Ohio Southern Railroad, aqueducts, 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_008
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 3107 and 3249. Fences 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: BV4916_010
Subjects: Maps; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Railroads--Ohio
Places: Pickaway County (Ohio);
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal through Waverly, Pike County, Ohio, between stations 898 and 1085. The Ohio Southern Railroad, Crooked Creek, main streets, bridges, and other city landmarks are noted along the canal route. 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_007
Subjects: Maps; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Railroads--Ohio
Places: Waverly (Ohio); Pike County (Ohio);
 

Description: 1877 engineering drawing of the Ashtabula Bridge, built by the Cleveland and Erie Railroad Company in 1863. This drawing shows the bridge, designed by Amasa Stone, that was involved with the infamous Ashtabula Train Disaster of 1876. On December 29, 1876, a Howe truss bridge near Ashtabula, Ohio, collapsed while a train with three passenger cars was crossing it. The train and its passengers plunged sixty feet into a ravine and creek, and the lamps and stoves used to light and heat the train cars quickly ignited the wreckage. Ninety-two people died either in the accident or as a result of their injuries, and more than sixty of the surviving passengers were injured. Railroad accidents were commonplace during the late nineteenth century, due in part to tracks built quickly and cheaply by companies hoping to make tremendous profits. Railroad companies built thousands of miles of track in Ohio during the late nineteenth century, providing more opportunity for accidents to occur. Even after the Ashtabula Bridge collapse, the Howe truss bridge remained popular, primarily due to its relatively cheap cost. Still, railroad companies began to feel pressure from their customers to provide a safer means of travel. By 1888, more than two thousand iron bridges existed in Ohio. The state had fewer than nine hundred wooden bridges still in use at this time. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4265_ashtabulabridge
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio; Railroads--Buildings and structures; Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Railroad accidents;
Places: Ashtabula (Ohio); Ashtabula County (Ohio);
 

Description: Panoramic photograph showing trains on a small railroad bridge in the town of Bellaire, Ohio, during the early 20th century. Bellaire, incorporated in 1857, is located at the confluence of McMahon Creek and the Ohio River in Belmont County, Ohio. Bridges spanning the river connect people and railroads to West Virginia. Jacob Davis acquired the land on which the town was eventually laid out in 1802, naming it Bel Air after his home in Maryland. His son, Jacob Davis, Jr., laid out the town in 1834. Multiple variations of the town name were used in the early 19th century: when the first post office was established in 1841 the town was listed as Bell Air, and after 1870, the town was called Bellaire. Several railroads built lines through Bellaire in the 1850s that stimulated the growth of local industries such as coal mining, clay, limestone and glass manufacturing. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV88_B01F14_02
Subjects: Bellaire (Ohio); Ohio River; Bridges--Ohio; Trains; Transportation--Ohio; Railroads--Ohio;
Places: Bellaire (Ohio); Belmont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Hugh J. Jewett portrait from "Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio," by Henry Howe, 1907. Jewett was a prominent attorney, politician and business leader in nineteenth century Ohio. He operated a legal practice, helped establish numerous railroad ventures, and served in the Ohio Senate and House of Representatives as well as the US House of Representatives. He ran for governor of Ohio in 1862 as a war Democrat, but lost the election by nearly fifty thousand votes to Unionist candidate David Tod. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04130
Subjects: Governors--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Political parties; Lawyers--Ohio; Railroads--Ohio
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Panoramic photograph showing railways and a railroad depot in the town of Bellaire, Ohio, during the early 20th century. Bellaire, incorporated in 1857, is located at the confluence of McMahon Creek and the Ohio River in Belmont County, Ohio. Bridges spanning the river connect people and railroads to West Virginia. Jacob Davis acquired the land on which the town was eventually laid out in 1802, naming it Bel Air after his home in Maryland. His son, Jacob Davis, Jr., laid out the town in 1834. Multiple variations of the town name were used in the early 19th century: when the first post office was established in 1841 the town was listed as Bell Air, and after 1870, the town was called Bellaire. Several railroads built lines through Bellaire in the 1850s that stimulated the growth of local industries such as coal mining, clay, limestone and glass manufacturing. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV88_B01F14_01
Subjects: Bellaire (Ohio); Railroad terminals--Ohio; Railroads--Ohio; Transportation; Trains;
Places: Bellaire (Ohio); Belmont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting a street scene in Bucyrus, Ohio, ca. 1890-1899. The street is crowded with pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles, and a railroad crossing is visible in the foreground. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02648
Subjects: Streets--Ohio; Railroads--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows flooded farm fields in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The photographer stands on high ground and looks out over an elevated road surrounded by flooded fields. The water extends back to a line of trees in the distance. Fences lie partially submerged throughout the fields and two sets of telephone poles and wires run on either side of the road. Buildings and a railroad bridge can be seen in the distance past the row of trees. The farms are now park of the Harrison Smith Park in Upper Sandusky. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV30_B05F05_54
Subjects: Floods--Ohio; Railroads--Ohio; Farms; Natural disasters; Climate and weather
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: The photograph shows flooded farm fields south of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The railroad can be seen elevated on the left side of the photo. Trees stick up out of the flooded field and buildings can be seen in the distance. The flooded fields seen here are now a park of the Harrison Smith Park in Upper Sandusky. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV30_B05F05_62
Subjects: Floods--Ohio; Railroads--Ohio; Landscape photography;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);