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Ohio 813 Mile Canal System Cost 16 Million 125 Years Ago
The Ohio canal system built between 1825 and 1847 cost just under 16 million dollars and spanned 813 miles with 32,903 acres of feeder lakes, 29 dams, 294 locks and 44 aqueducts. Six lakes remain for recreation: Lake St Marys Buckeye Lake Guilford Lake Indian Lake Portage Lakes and Lake Loramie.
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Hobert Vincent
Fulton
Stark County
Defiance County
Columbus
INS
State Highway Department
Dayton
Ohio
Conservancy
Anthony Wayne
State Department of Pub Parkway Board
Shelby County
Lockington
Miamis
Oh Thelon
Canal One
Independence County Line
Loramie
Lake Ene
Ohio River
Cleveland
New Philadelphia
Newark
Lackbourne
Portsmouth
Roscoe
Coshocton
Zanesville
Marietta
Lancaster
Athens
Canal Winchester
Lockbourne
Toledo
Maumee
Defiance
Lake St. Marys
Piqua
Middletown
Cincinmnai
Buckeye Lake
Guilford Lake
Indian Lake
Portage Lakes
Lake Loramie