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	Wabash and Erie Canal
		The Wabash and Erie Canal was seen as the key to opening northern Indiana, and, indeed, the entire midwest, to settlement.
		Originally, the canal was to be just a link between the Maumee River, which emptied into Lake Erie at Toledo, and the head of navigation on the Wabash River at the Forks of the Wabash in Huntington.
		By 1876 all hope of reviving the canal was given up, and the 468 mile long ditch was left to the mosquitoes, the tales of canal boat captains, and the nostalgic world of song.
	www.huntingtoncounty.org /forks/canal.html (581 words)

	Wabash and Erie Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After Congress provided a land grant in 1827 for the canal's construction, it was operated by the Wabash and Erie Canal Company between 1833 and 1877.
		The Wabash and Erie Canal was a shipping canal in Indiana that linked the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River via a man-made waterway.
		The canal stretched from Evansville, Indiana to Toledo, Ohio.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wabash_and_Erie_Canal (112 words)

	The Miami &
		The Wabash & Erie Canal of Indiana was 462 1/2 miles (87 1/2 miles on Ohio) and was the longest canal built in the United States.
		The Miami & Erie canal was a development and joining of three canals, the Miami Canal begun in 1925 and running from Cincinnati to Dayton, the Miami Extension and the Wabash & Erie Canal.
		Between 1861 and 1878 the canal was leased to private enterprise that greatly neglected the canals maintenance.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Prairie/6687/miami.htm (1920 words)

	Welcome - Canal; shelby county ohio historical society
		The operation of the canal spanned just 88 years, from the ceremonies to celebrate the beginning of construction in 1825, to the abandonment of the canal after the disastrous flood of 1913.
		Port Jefferson and Sidney were connected to the canal by the Sidney Feeder, an extension of the canal designed to bring water from the Great Miami River at Port Jefferson to Lockington.
		The water flowed south to the Queen City from Lockington, and from New Bremen north to Lake Erie.
	www.shelbycountyhistory.org /schs/canal/welcomecanal.htm (316 words)

	Wabash and Erie Canal
		This act provided for an extension of the Wabash-Erie Canal from the mouth of the Tippecanoe River to Terre Haute, a distance of 104 miles, and the first section as far as Lafayette was completed July 4, 1843.
		The Wabash-Erie Canal was paralleled by the Wabash Railroad.
		At Lafayette the canal cut a big commercial figure, but with the introduction of the railway systems it was forever abandoned and for many years there has been but little to mark the site of that waterway.
	www.rootsweb.com /~intippec/canal.htm (193 words)

	News-Sentinel
		By the middle of the decade, 1,000 to 2,000 people, many of them Irish immigrants, were building the Fort Wayne-to-Huntington leg of the Wabash & Erie Canal.
		Tensions on the Wabash & Erie peaked in 1835 during the week before the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne -- the clash in which Protestant-led forces defeated the Catholics near Belfast on July 12, 1690.
		Canal commissioner David Burr and a priest, the Rev. Lalumiere, along with the timely arrival of local militia, averted bloodshed.
	jordan.fortwayne.com /ns/heartland/history/canel.php (1612 words)

	webGED: Family Information
		When the Wabash and Erie Canal was built, it was the longest canal in North America.
		The canal was profitable for about twenty years, but when the railroads were built the passenger boats were taken off and the freight boats disappeared one by one.
		There were towpaths along the canal and mules pulled the boats.
	www.home.iximd.com /~judy/wginfo.html (912 words)

	The Indiana Traveler - Canals In Indiana
		― The Central Canal, as projected in the internal improvements act of 1836, was to connect with the Wabash and Erie Canal at Peru, then go up the Mississinewa Valley to Marion, over to the valley of the West Fork of White River, thence through Anderson and Indianapolis and finally to Evansville.
		That portion of the Whitewater Canal that extended from Brookville to Metamora and the dam near Laurel were later restored as a state memorial.
		The canal was constructed as rapidly as possible in both directions, east and west from Fort Wayne.
	www.indianatraveler.com /canal_map.htm (534 words)

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		When the original Canal Association members first conceived their plans for restoring the old Wabash and Erie Canal through Delphi in 1971 they had no money, little community support and no idea when this undertaking could produce results.
		At 468 miles, the Wabash and Erie Canal was this nation's longest canal.
		With fresh water in the canal and trails bordering the 3 miles of canal jointly owned by the Canal Association and the City of Delphi the doom and gloom has changed to show a bright economic and environmental future.
	www.canals.org /canals/Wabash_Erie.htm (1592 words)

	Wabash and Erie Canal
		Wabash and Erie Canal is a waterway, stretching up to 468 miles from Toledo, Ohio to Evansville, Indiana.
		The main goal behind the construction of the canal was to link the navigable water of the Maumee River with the Wabash through the seven mile portage at Fort Wayne.
		In 1827, the Congress provided a land grant to build the canal.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h2565.html (375 words)

	Canal Mania in Indiana
		Wabash and Erie Canal sold for $96,260 to repay bondholders.
		U.S. Congress grants Indiana lands for building Wabash and Erie Canal; route of National Road in Indiana surveyed.
		Canal construction begins on Kentucky side at Falls of the Ohio, killing canal project on Indiana side; completed 1831; New York's Erie Canal opens; Stockton and Darlington, world's first railroad for general transportation, begins in England.
	www.statelib.lib.in.us /www/ihb/publications/tlcanal.html (488 words)

	The Wabash and Erie Canal: The Great Waterway
		One method of prolonging the life of the canal was to build a series of plank roads to make it easier to distribute goods farther away from the canal ports.
		The canal was extended to the Ohio River via such towns as Logansport, Lafayette, and Evansville.
		This structure known as the "Canal House" is one of a few remaining "warehouses" from the canal period.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Valley/7029/canal.html (2058 words)

	Canal Society of Indiana - The Canals Page
		Begun in 1836, the works were abandoned in 1839 only to later be completed in 1850 as part of the Wabash and Erie Canal.
		Construction proceeded west as the canal reached Huntington by 1835, Logansport in 1838, and Lafayette in 1841.
		With its southern terminus at Lawrenceburg on the Ohio River, the Whitewater Valley Canal Co. reached Connersville in 1845.
	www.indcanal.org /canals.html#white (468 words)

	Wabash & Erie Canal Association Founder Passes Away
		Since she was a founder of the Wabash & Erie Canal Association she always maintained a strong interest in Canal Park, Delphi Historic Trails and in "first person" historic/cultural interpretation.
		Copyright © 2002 Wabash and Erie Canal Park, All Rights Reserved.
		All family and friends are invited to come to the McCain home immediately after the internment for a lunch and celebration of her life.
	www.wabashanderiecanal.org /subpage/interpretive/5-23-03.html (496 words)

	History of Indiana, Wabash and Erie Canal and Commercial Development
		The greatest developing factor in Indiana during this period was the Wabash and Erie Canal.
		With all the seeming prosperity of the Wabash and Erie during the score or so years in which it flourished, its great value was as an incidental developing factor.
		The renting of water power from the canal was one of the sources of revenue, and numerous mills of various kinds sprang up, as did also grain elevators, shops, warehouses and other establishments resulting from increasing trade and seeking shipping facilities.
	www.countyhistory.com /history/211.htm (805 words)

	Historical Features
		The Wabash and Erie Canal which runs from east to west through the center of France Park operated from 1840 - 1875.
		The canal was built by the immigrants which came to America from Ireland and Italy.
		Canal boats were pulled by mules up and down the " Towpath".
	www.francepark.com /histcal.htm (234 words)

	Canal Society of Indiana - Home Page
		As a member of the Canal Society of Indiana, you will receive our official news and journal, The Hoosier Packet, which includes articles on canal history, reprints of original documents, and reports about technical aspects of canaling.
		, to preserve canal bed and structural remains, and to support restoration of historic canal related sites.
		We are working with government agencies in corridor studies of both the Wabash and Maumee Rivers.
	www.indcanal.org (328 words)

	The Wabash and Erie Canal
		Before the canal came to Wabash farmers received ten cents per bushel for wheat or forty five cents when it was taken to Michigan City.
		Wabash and Lagro grew into large towns during this time.
		After the canal was open a few years many more people lived in our part of the state.
	k12pages.r8esc.k12.in.us /commnet/wabash1/canal1.html (293 words)

	WABASH AND ERIE CANAL COMPANY
		This ended state control of the canal and put the Wabash and Erie Canal in the hands of private trustees by 1847.
		Schmidt, Carolyn I. Wabash and Erie Canal: Canal Society of Indiana, March 27–29, 1998.
		In March 1827, Congress provided a land grant to the state of Indiana to provide the means to build the Wabash and Erie Canal.
	indianahistory.org /library/manuscripts/collection_guides/m0758.html (1647 words)

	Indiana
		The society is dedicated to the preservation of the stretch of Wabash and Erie Canal located in Delphi, Indiana.
		A brief history of the role of the canal in the development of the oldest county in Indiana.
		The role of the canal in the development of the city.
	members.aol.com /User606258/19thcentuscanals-indiana-b.htm (835 words)

	Terre Haute, Indiana News :: TribStar.com :: Development of new county park coming next year
		Development of a new county park aimed at restoring a rare, handcrafted limestone canal lock of the former Wabash & Erie Canal is expected to start next year.
		The Wabash & Erie Canal eventually stretched for 468 miles, but contained few stone locks.
		Because the study will involve more than just the canal area itself, but also areas that served as a tow path -- where mules or horses pulled barges along through the canal -- Bryan in early January plans to contact landowners near the lock to gain permission to conduct the study.
	www.tribstar.com /articles/2003/12/23/news/news04.txt (610 words)

	Bridge Group
		The Hazel rough is described as having been just south of the Wabash and Erie canal, opposite Dongola; the bottoms of Buck Creek were a short distance to its west.
		After the failure of the canal, commercial ambitions for the bottom lands of the Patoka River between Oakland and Petersburg dwindled and the countryside reverted to a concentration on agriculture.
		The Patoka aquaduct, and the section of the canal on both sides of the river and extending southwest through Dongola, were subcontracted by the local firm of Stewart and Rockefellow.
	www.i69tour.org /bridgegroup.html (4287 words)

	Lafayette, Indiana
		Landmark is currently completing the final report for the mitigation of the Wabash and Erie Canal wharf area in Lafayette Indiana, uncovered during construction as part of a railroad relocation project.
		1868 Birds-Eye View of Lafayette, Indiana, showing the Wabash and Erie Canal, the Wabash River, and the downtown area.
		Recovered was an extensive collection of late nineteenth century leather footware, hundreds of bottles and ceramic items, and thousands of animal bones that revealed much about urban living during the industrial age.
	www.landmarkarchaeology.com /lafayette.html (162 words)

	Archives: Story
		The Cross Cut Canal ran from Terre Haute to Worthington where it intersected with the Central Canal from Indiana, which later became part of the Wabash and Erie Canal network -- the second longest canal in the world.
		Borter, an active member of the Canal Society of Indiana, has long believed that many county residents don't really understand the significance of the old canal to the county communities of Worthington, Newberry and Bloomfield.
		The canal caused towns to spring up, and it aided the settlement of these towns and the farms surrounding them.
	www.dailycitizen.com /articles/2003/10/03/news/canal.txt (1701 words)

	EVANSVILLE - Online Information article about EVANSVILLE
		Canal, in 1853, from Evansville to See also:
		Toledo, Ohio, a distance of 400 m., greatly accelerated the city's growth.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /EUD_FAT/EVANSVILLE.html (768 words)

	Wabash & Erie Canal Park
		The Carroll County Wabash and Erie Canal Association operates two parks, seven miles of stone trails and has a new Canal Interpretive Center that features the Wabash and Erie Canal from its beginnings in Fort Wayne (in 1832) down along the Wabash until it reached to Delphi (in 1840) and finally to Evansville (in 1853).
		Located 11 blocks north of the Courthouse in Delphi, the Wabash and Erie Canal Park is the only remaining public accessible watered section of the historic Wabash and Erie Canal in Indiana.
		You can visit the Wabash and Erie Canal Park on the Internet at www.wabashanderiecanal.org...
	www.countyhistory.com /carroll/canal.htm (119 words)

	.: Logan's Landing :.
		A historical marker, erected by the Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission in 1966 at the corner of North and 5th Streets, marks the Wabash and Erie Canal route through Logansport.
		The Little Turtle Waterway Plaza is at the intersection of three of Logansport's historic transportation systems - the Wabash River, the Wabash and Erie Canal, and the Pennsylvania Railroad.
		The canal, a trade and emigration route constructed from Lake Erie to Evansville, in southern Indiana, supported the growth of Logansport in the early 1800's.
	www.loganslanding.com /walkingtour.cfm (4058 words)

	Indiana maritime museums - maritime museum websites
		Carroll County Wabash and Erie Canal, Inc. : (IN) Founded in 1972, the Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal, Inc. is dedicated to the preservation of the stretch of Wabash & Erie Canal located in Delphi, Indiana.
		Along the canal, 56 locks were built to accommodate a fall of nearly 500 feet.
		Whitewater Canal, at Metamora, IN, was one of several projects started by this act.
	www.maritimemuseums.net /IN.html (550 words)

	North Manchester Historical Society Newsletter - [NOV 94]
		The Congress of 1823-24 was eager to open up lands in the Northwest Territory and authorized the state of Indiana to "survey and mark" the route of a canal to connect the Wabash, the Miami(Maumee) and Lake Erie.
		After the Erie Canal was built in New York state, the waters from Ft. Wayne could reach the Hudson River.
		David Burr, Commissioner and contractor in charge of this section from Wabash to Lagro told how he found one army several miles south of his home in Wabash marching in orderly fashion, well armed with picks, axes, shovels, pistols and knives, with not a single drunken man among them.
	www.mcs.k12.in.us /histsoc/nov94.htm (2571 words)

	CANAL
		So the other canals did not get built and the trains took over.
		The canal was for warm months only because it froze in the winter so the boats couldn't go down the canal.
		The canal was also expensive to get people to build it.
	www.msdwc.k12.in.us /quest/trek9798/canal.htm (188 words)

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