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- Title, side A
- Miami & Erie Canal
- Text, side A
- The Wabash & Erie Canal opened between Toledo and Lafayette, Indiana, May 8, 1843. The Miami Extension Canal was completed to Junction, Ohio, on July 4, 1845, linking the Wabash & Erie Canal with Cincinnati and resulting in changing the canal's name to the Miami and Erie Canal. Prosperity reigned until the 1850s when railroad competition caused a slow decline in commerce. The canal branch to Indiana was in disuse by 1858 and totally abandoned in 1888. The canal system was revived from 1906-1909 with much reconstruction and improvement only to be badly damaged by severe statewide flooding in 1913. The canal was maintained from here to Maumee for generating hydro-electric power until it was drained in 1929. Twelve miles of canal and the Maumee Side Cut Canal have been leased to the Toledo Area Metroparks since 1932.
- Sponsors
- Grand Rapids Historical Society and The Ohio Historical Society
- Address
- US 295, Providence Metropark
Grand Rapids, OH 43522 - Location
- Canal Boat and Isaac Ludwig Mill section, on walkway from parking lot to restrooms
- Coordinates
- Latitude: 41.4157440, Longitude: -83.8571830.
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