Description: Caption reads: "Ohio Erie Canal Aquaduct and bridge at Waverly." Photo depicts the Crooked Creek Aquaduct and bridge along the Ohio Erie Canal in Waverly City, Ohio. The Ohio and Erie Canal was one of Ohio's most important canals during the mid nineteenth century. 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. In essence, this proposed route included a combination of the central and eastern Ohio routes. On July 4, 1825 work began on what would become the Ohio and Erie Canal. Once completed, the canals still faced numerous difficulties. Flooding could do serious damage to the locks, walls, and towpaths, requiring extensive repairs. In Waverly, the first canal boat arrived on September 6, 1832, and the canal remained in operation until 1904 when the last canal boat passed through. In the flood of 1913 the Crooked Creek Aquaduct collapsed, although the towpath bridge remained standing. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F06_027_001
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Dams; Rivers; Bridges Ohio; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio)
Places: Waverly City (Ohio); Pike County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front and side facades of the Pike County Courthouse. During the 1830s a local citizen swayed voters to move the county seat of Pike County from Piketon to Waverly, and subsequently a new courthouse was constructed from 1865 to 1866. The eclectic two-story brick building was placed in the city's business district. A later three-story addition in 1909 significantly increased the front of the building whose main feature is a large Palladian window. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_395
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; arches; arcades (structural assemblies)
Places: Waverly (Ohio); Pike County (Ohio); 100 E. 2nd
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Pike County Courthouse. During the 1830s a local citizen swayed voters to move the county seat of Pike County from Piketon to Waverly, and subsequently a new courthouse was constructed from 1865 to 1866. The eclectic two-story brick building was placed in the city's business district. A later three-story addition in 1909 significantly increased the front of the building whose main feature is a large Palladian window. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_396
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; arches; arcades (structural assemblies)
Places: Waverly (Ohio); Pike County (Ohio); 100 E. 2nd
 

Description: Front photo caption reads: "Tomlinson, Waverly, O. 'The Lake White City.'" Back caption reads: "Main & Mulberry Sts. Chillicothe, O. Headquarter of Gen. Arthur St. Clair." Historical marker on photograph reads: "Gen. Arthur St. Clair, first governor of the N. W. Territory had his headquarters here 1800-1802." Arthur St. Clair was a political and military leader in the Ohio country in the years of the American Revolution and the new nation. He was the first governor of the Northwest Territory. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F02_021_1
Subjects: St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818; Memorials--Ohio; Ross County (Ohio)--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross 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);