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17-32 19th Century Freight Depot / Railroads of Hancock County

Side A: The freight depot east of this marker stands on the western terminus of Hancock County’s first rail link to the outside world. In 1849 the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad Company opened a branch line from Findlay to its main line at Carey. A freight warehouse was built here ca. 1848 and passenger station in 1863. The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad replaced these earlier buildings with the present depot in the 1890s.
Side B: By the time of the 1890’s Gas Boom era the following railroads had linked Findlay and Hancock County to most parts of Ohio as well as the nation. 1849: Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad, 1860: Lake Erie & Western Railroad, 1874: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1880: McComb, Deshler & Toledo Railroad, 1881: New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, 1883: Cleveland, Delphos & St. Louis Railroad, 1883: Toledo, Columbus & Southern Railroad
Sponsors: Historic Preservation Guild of Hancock County and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: 300 E Crawford St., 
Findlay, 
OH, 
45840
Latitude: 41.0377648
Longitude: -83.6468645
800 E. 17th Ave., Columbus Ohio 43211
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