Ohio and Erie Canal
by Patricia Januszkiewicz
Title
Ohio and Erie Canal
Artist
Patricia Januszkiewicz
Medium
Photograph - Digital Painting
Description
The Ohio Canal or Ohio and Erie Canal was a canal constructed in the 1820s and early 1830s. It connected Akron, Summit County, with the Cuyahoga River near its mouth on Lake Erie in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, and a few years later, with the Ohio River near Portsmouth, Scioto County, and then connections to other canal systems in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The canal carried freight traffic from 1827 to 1861, when the arrival of railroads killed the market. From 1862 to 1913, the canal served as a water source to industries and towns. In 1913, much of the canal system was abandoned after critical sections were destroyed by flooding.
Today, most of the remaining portions are managed by the National Park Service or Ohio Department of Natural Resources. They are used for various recreational purposes by the public, and still provide water for some industries. Parts of the canal are preserved, including the Ohio and Erie Canal Historic District, a U.S. National Historic Landmark.
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April 10th, 2013
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Patricia Januszkiewicz
Thank you Sandra for the feature in your group Memories and Nostalgia! so glad you like this and very appreciative of the feature ..... patricia
Patricia Januszkiewicz
Thank you Nadine and Bob for the feature in your group Artists News! so glad you like Ohio and Erie Canal .... patricia
Nadine and Bob Johnston
Congratulations, on your Feature AND Publication in -The Internet Weekly... Artist News - http://paper.li/f-1343723559# --- If you go to the paper, click SHARE, you can Tweet, Facebook, or even Email a copy to Friends, Relatives and others, so they can see the Publication in the ARTIST NEWS. It's one of our FAVORITES today... We do not always have the time to Comment, but just had to leave one on this beautiful piece of work.