Miami Erie Canal Birth and Death Documented in Middletown
The Friday Noon published in Middletown chronicles the Miami Erie Canal from its birth to its end. It notes the canal’s abandonment on November 2, 1929, and a parade and bronze plaque at Yankee Road and Verity Parkway marking Ohio’s water transportation origin. Local historian George Crout provides canal history on page 27.
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Middletown
Miami-Erie Canal
Ohio
Yankee Road
Verity Parkway
George Crout
Canal History Chronicle of Ohio's Great Canals
The Ohio canals, pivotal to state growth, faced decline after 1850 as railroads expanded. From Middletown’s first dig by Governor Clinton to Virginal politics, the piece traces funding, abandonment plans, and the Erie Canal influence, detailing early proposals, surveys, and the canal system’s anticipated economic impact.
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Middletown
Miami & Erie
Yankee Road
Clinton
New York
Ohio
The
Miami
New York State
Robert Fulton
Fulton
DeWitt Clinton
New York City
Erie Canal
Lake
Battelle Selected in Federal Push for Coal Based Fuels
U S Rep Chalmers Wylie announces Battelle Laboratories of Columbus Ohio is among four firms chosen for a federal program to produce synthetic fuels from coal. Under a 703000 contract with ERDA Battelle will focus on a catalyst to convert coal to methane and will also study the Hydrane gasification method with a pilot plant to be built at an undetermined site.
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Washington
Battelle Laboratories
Columbus
Ohio
U.S
Chalmers Wylie
U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration
Battelle
Wylie
Inland's new plants begin operations at Newport and New Johnsonville
Inland Container Corp. reports startup complete at two facilities, a $25 million Newport Indiana corrugating mill producing 350 tons daily plus bag paper and other grades, and a New Johnsonville Tennessee sawmill with capacity of 6 million board feet per one shift, mainly railroad crossties.
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Indianapolis Inland Container Corp
Newport
Ind
New Johnsonville
Regents approve six month study on Ohio veterinary needs
The Ohio Board of Regents approved a six month study of veterinary medical needs with a forecast of building more facilities. The report is to be finished before the next legislative session as Ohio hosts only one veterinary school at Ohio State University.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Board of Regents
Regents
William B. Coulter
Conlon
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Franklin
Springboro
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society
Frank Hart Fravsur
Wilbur
Orville Wright
New England
Marietta
United States
Ohio River
New Orleans
Henry Howe
South Hill
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Ohio Canal
Brown
Judge Brown
Micajah T. Williams
Hamilton County
Williams
Lake Erie
Cuyahoga
Muskingum
Scioto
Portsmouth
Ater
Cincinnati
Dayton
Maumee River
Inland’s New Plants
Reeves Jewelers
Central Ave
Home Center
Grand Avenue
Middletown Federal
McGee's
Miami Street
Trenton
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