Anthony Wayne Parkway
This marker is on the right-of-way of the Old Miami and Erie Canal which ran from the Ohio River at Cincinnati to Lake Erie at Toledo. Gov. DeWitt Clinton of New York broke ground for the canal on July 21, 1825 just below Middletown. Built in sections, the canal was opened from end to end in 1845. It was 248.8 miles long, and here, on the "Loramie Summit," rose to 512 feet above the Ohio River. It included 19 aqueducts, 3 guard locks, 103 lift locks, and 3 reservoirs. Navigation began November 28, 1827 and, at the peak of operation, about 400 boats plied the "Big Ditch." The coming of the railroads signaled its decline. However, the canal was used in part through the early 1900's. The canal provided western Ohio with badly needed transportation and water power and was instrumental in welding the state together politically and economically. Fort Loramie was a typical canal town of the period.| HM Number | HMD6Y |
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| Series | This marker is part of the The Miami & Erie Canal series |
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| Year Placed | 1953 |
| Placed By | The Sesquicentennial Year of Ohio Statehood, The Fort Loramie Business Men's Association, and American Legion Post 355 |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, September 21st, 2014 at 10:52pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16T E 722930 N 4470016 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 40.35093333, -84.37500000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 21.056', W 84° 22.5' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 21' 3.36" N, 84° 22' 30.00" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 937, 419 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 21 W Main St, Fort Loramie OH 45845, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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