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Description: Dated 1876, this photograph shows a view of the Hocking Canal in Lancaster, Ohio, in Fairfield County. The Lancaster Lateral Canal was constructed between 1831 and 1834 with the Ohio and Erie Canal in Carroll, Ohio. After the canal was purchased by the state of Ohio, the canal was extended to connect Lancaster to Athens. The entire 56-mile canal, which started in Carroll and ended in Athens, was finished in 1843 and was known as the Hocking Canal. The canal was closed in the early 1890s, due in part to damage from flooding and competition from the Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F05_001_1
Subjects: Canals; Hocking Canal; Geography and Natural Resources; Transportation--Ohio--History; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)