Wabash and Erie Canal

Wabash and Erie Canal (HMFCM)

Location: Elnora, IN 47529 Daviess County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 52.506', W 87° 5.434'

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Side A
A canal from Terre Haute to Evansville authorized 1846. Maysville Division along White River was over 23 miles long from Newberry through Owl Prairie (now Elnora) to Maysville; part of it paralleled what is now S.R. 57. Contracts were let June 1849. Construction was delayed by cholera outbreaks among workers, many of whom were Irish immigrants.

Side B
Navigation between Newberry and Maysville opened June 1852. By 1853, Wabash and Erie Canal, America's longest at approximately 460 miles, linked Lake Erie at Toledo, Ohio with Ohio River at Evansville. By 1860, most of southern section no longer used because of repair costs and railroad competition. Entire canal in Indiana sold at auction 1876.
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HM NumberHMFCM
Series This marker is part of the Indiana: Indiana State Historical Bureau Markers series, and the Wabash & Erie Canal series.
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Marker Number14.2007.1
Year Placed2007
Placed ByIndiana Historical Bureau and Elmore Township Community Association, Inc
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, September 12th, 2014 at 9:19pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 492143 N 4302920
Decimal Degrees38.87510000, -87.09056667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 52.506', W 87° 5.434'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 52' 30.36" N, 87° 5' 26.04" W
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Area Code(s)812
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 522 1st St, Elnora IN 47529, US
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