19th-century manmade water route between Akron and Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Ohio and Erie Canal
A portion of the Ohio and Erie canal in 1902
Location
Independence and Valley View, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Specifications
Length
308 miles (496 km)
Locks
152 (originally 146)
Status
closed
Geography
Start point
Cleveland, Ohio on the Lake Erie
End point
Portsmouth, Ohio, U.S.
Ohio and Erie Canal Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Location
Independence and Valley View, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Area
24.5 acres (99,000 m2)[1]
Built
1825
NRHP reference No.
66000607
Significant dates
Added to NRHP
November 13, 1966[2]
Designated NHLD
November 13, 1966[3]
Map of a portion of the canal route in the Cuyahoga Valley
The Ohio and Erie Canal was a canal constructed during the 1820s and early 1830s in Ohio. It connected Akron with the Cuyahoga River near its outlet on Lake Erie in Cleveland, and a few years later, with the Ohio River near Portsmouth. It also had connections to other canal systems in Pennsylvania.
The canal carried freight traffic from 1827 to 1861, when the construction of railroads ended demand. From 1862 to 1913, the canal served as a water source for industries and towns. During 1913, much of the canal system was abandoned after important parts were flooded severely.
Most of the surviving portions in the Akron-Cleveland area 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 National Historic Landmark. Portions further south are less well preserved, and a discontiguous set of locks and other canal resources roughly between Columbus and the Ohio River are listed on the National Register as the Ohio and Erie Canal Southern Descent Historic District.
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^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^"Ohio and Erie Canal". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 19, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2008.
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