The Canal Society of Ohio

Introduction

Throughout its existence, The Canal Society of Ohio (CSO) (established in 1961) has collected a wide range of materials relating to the history and development of canals in Ohio. These items form the Canal Society of Ohio Collection, which the Society has donated to The University of Akron for inclusion in the University’s Archives.

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the University’s Archival Services.

USING THIS INVENTORY: For a collection of this size, it would not be practicable to prepare a listing of every item. In the folder-level descriptions in this inventory, an effort has been made to identify some of the key items. Please be aware, however, that "includes" indicates a selective listing and is not intended to be all inclusive of the contents of a folder.

Suggested citation: Canal Society of Ohio Collection, The University of Akron Archives

Cubic Feet: 10

Processed by: Carl E. Ehmann

Scope and Content

The collection consists primarily of materials relating to the planning, construction, use, operation, and rebuilding of canals in Ohio. Many of the items are not originals, but are copies of documents. There are some items concerning canals in other states and countries.

There is very little information on the individuals who built and operated the canals and canal boats. In other words, minimal genealogical information is available through this collection.

The collection is divided into the following five series:

Series A: Documents

 

Series B: Periodicals

Mainly journals, bulletins, and newsletters of canal societies in the United States and abroad.

Series C: Canal Society of Ohio Tour Guides

CSO conducts tours for members and other interested people, usually twice a year, of various sections of canals around the state and in neighboring states. A tour guide is prepared for most of these events to enhance the tour experience and for a lasting record.

Series D: Photographs

Prints, slides, and negatives from the nineteenth century to the present. Includes some prints of high quality, while others are copies of copies.

Series E: Maps and Oversized Materials

Includes topographical and other maps, oversized drawings, and other similar material.

Table of Contents

In the following table, the Box # column includes the link to the inventory for that box on this page. The Page # column indicates the page in the Word version of the finding aid (http://www3.uakron.edu/ul/archives/findingaids/canalsocietyofohio.doc) which includes the inventory.

Inventory

Box A1:

Folder 1

Ohio Canals, Various Articles. Includes:

• Ohio Canals 1820-1917, Archival Holdings and Research Topics at the Ohio Historical Society, Thomas J. Rieder and Lawrence T. Gwozdz, 2 copies.
• Extract of Law Passed February 4th, 1825 Relating to Appropriation of Lands for Canal Purposes, State of Ohio, Division of Public Works.
• Canal Sesquicentennial, Gem City Savings Association, Dayton OH, 1977.
• The Black Hand, A. Kelley, Ohio Archeology and Historical Society, 1904.
• Trails of the Ohio Canals, T. Findley, no date.
• Land Grants Made by Congress to Aid in the Construction of Canals in the State of Ohio; Source (?)
.
• Historical Data on the Ohio Canals (4 parts); State of Ohio, Dept. of Public Works.
• Various Articles, The Western Reserve Magazine, July-August 1988.
• Once a Great Notion, Richard Coleman, Ohio Magazine, August 1988.
• Captain Pearl Robert Nye, Lynnette Fuller, 1976, Historical Quarterly, January 1957.
• Historical Data on Ohio Canals, State of Ohio, Department of Public Works, no date.

Folder 2

Ohio Canals – Various Articles. Includes:

• Ethan Allen Brown and Ohio’s Canal System, John S. Still, Ohio Historical Quarterly, January 1957.
• History and descriptions of waterways in Ohio (untitled); anon.
• Ohio Canal History, The Canawler, Canal Fulton Heritage Society, no date.
• Ohio Canals, J. Richard Lawwill, no date.
• The Construction of the Ohio Canals, G. Dial.
• The Last Ohio Canal Boat, A. Doerschuk, Ohio Historical Quarterly, April 1925.
• The Ohio Canal Movement, 1820-1825, H. Schreiber, Ohio Historical Quarterly, July 1960.

Folder 3

Ohio Canals – Various Articles. Includes:

• Two Hundred Years of Water Transportation in Eastern Ohio, Ronald D. Reid, PE, Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, February 1984.
• Ohio Canals (2 parts); Merrill C. Gilfillan, Ohio Conservation Bulletin, June 1959.
• Possession of Canal Lands by U.S. Government, letter to J.B. Timberman from Carl G. Wahl, Ohio Department of Public Works February 3rd, 1938.
• The Ohio Connection, Richard Coleman, OHIO Magazine, August 1988.
• Letter: Joseph Wright, Glastonbury, CT to Jonathan Hale, Connecticut Western Reserve, 1825 (re: Proposed Ohio & Erie Canal).
• Locks Were Named for Types of Gates, Information Bulletin, Roscoe Village Foundation, January 1973.
• Record Series List, Canal Fund Commission.
• Bibliography of Materials Related to the Ohio Canal and Indian Trails, anon, no date.

Folder 4

Ohio Canals, Various Articles. Includes:

• Canals in America, John S. McNown, no date.
• Revisiting America’s Canals, Shirley McCoy, July 1977, Travel Magazine 3 copies.
• Make a Start by Restoring Our Canals, Bev William Morant, The Ensign, March, 1981.
• Waterslope, A Hill That Boats Can Climb, David Scott, Popular Science, December 1974.
• Ohio’s Grand Canal, Terry K. Woods, July 1977.
• The Mississippi River and Early Canals, L.H. Billing, The Falk Corporation, 1978.
• Along the Old Canals, The Sohioan, August, 1962.

Folder 5

The Cleveland DuPont Plant (old Grasselli Chemical Company) and The Ohio& Erie Canal, July 1978, Harry Heidloff, Dupont Cleveland Oval.

Folder 6

Ohio Canals, Canal Boat Data. Includes:

• Canal Boat Project, Stark County Historical Society, no date. Articles of Agreement, between The Ohio Troy & Erie boat line, The New York & Ohio Line, The Ohio Line and The Eagle Line navigating The Ohio Canal.
• Some Boats Of Ohio And Erie Canals, a partial listing of boat names and owners/captains. Drawing of a typical freight boat of The Canal.
• Boat Licenses, Canal Boat, JOHN DAVIS of Clinton, Ohio, 1868 and 1874.
• Form of Certificate for Payment of Tonnage Duty, U.S. Custom House, Canal Boat, JOHN DAVIS of Clinton, Ohio, 1862-1867.
• Various advertisements for Forwarding and Shipping Agents, Tufts & Parks, Griffith, Pease & Co., Barstow & Co.
• Advertisements for Packets, Pittsburgh and Cleveland Line, Pennsylvania & Ohio Line, Daily Line of Ohio Canal Packets.

Folder 7

Ohio Canal Engineering.

Folder 8

Ohio Canals, Canal Lock Construction, General Information.

Folder 9

Form of an Agreement, prototypical canal contractors’ agreement for the work at hand.

Folder 10

Garland, Henry, Canal Worker, certification of citizenship, 1847.

Folder 11

Ohio Canals, Map Plates from TOWPATHS, the Journal of The Canal Society of Ohio, and other publications.

Folder 12

Ohio Canals – Table of Distance and Physical Data Includes:

• Lift Chart – Lock 44n to Lock 29s
• Public Funded Canals of Ohio
• Physical Data and Table of Distances, Frank W. Trevorrow and Barnett L. Golding, July 1986, 3 copies, draft copy (Also found in A Photo Album of Ohio’s Canals 1825 to 1913, Jack Gieck, Kent State University Press, 1988).
• Locks South of Akron on the Ohio & Erie Canal
• Locks North of Exchange Street in Akron on the Ohio & Erie Canal, 3 copies.

Folder 13

Ohio Canals – Canal Stock Certificate, State of Ohio.

Folder 14

Ohio Canal Men – Builders of the Canals (Engineers and Contractors). Includes:

• Charles E. Perkins
• George Fry
• Edward H. Gill
• Simon Perkins
• Samuel Forrer
• James Geddes
• Oran Follett
• Benjamin Tappan
• Pearl R. Nye
• Alfred Kelley
• William Gooding
• John W. Hamilton
• David S. Bates
• Darius Lapham
• James D. Harris
• William Gibbs McNeill
• Remarks delivered by T. Gibson Hobbs before the Sphex Club of Lynchburg, Virginia, 12 November 1981.

Folder 15

Ohio Canals, Personal Recollections and Journals. Includes Writings and Recollections of:

• Ted Findley
• John B. White
• Roscoe Village People
• Christina Watson
• B.F. Sproat, MD (2 copies)
• F.G. Simon
• J. Darsh (?), journal, boat, S.G. KLINE
• J.R. Spencer
• Bessie Schultz

Folder 16

Ohio Canals, Personal Recollections and Journals. Includes Writings and Recollections of:

• Carazan Davis
• Robert Daniels
• Donald Kleinhoffer
• Bryce Henry
• James Newell Swift
• Ellis H. Shimp
• Robert Conger
• Dillow Robinson (including oral history).
• S.S. Dustin

Folder 17

Ohio Canals, Person Recollections and Journals. Includes:

• W. Harry Heidloff Recollections of Life Around Outlet Lock 42n Area, (Dille Street, Cleveland, Ohio).
• W. Harry Heidloff Recollections (Duplicate).

Box A2:

» Ohio Canal Commission, Reports

Folder 1

Ohio Canal Commission, 1822-1834. Includes:

• Board of Canal Commissioners, Chronology, 1822-1836, 1836-1851.
• Form of an Agreement, 1825 (contractual agreement for construction) – original & photocopy.
• Report of the Canal Commissioners, 1828, to The General Assembly, 1825, original and 1 copy.
• Report of The Canal Commissioners, 1828, to The General Assembly.
• Report of the Board of Canal Commissioners, 1829, dated 9 January 1830.
• Ninth Annual Report of the Board Of Canal Commissioners 1830, Dated January 11, 1831.
• Tenth Annual Report of the Board Of Canal Commissioners 1832, dated January 11, 1832.
• Eleventh Annual Report of the Board Of Canal Commissioners 1832, dated January 22, 1833.
• Twelfth Annual Report of the Board Of Canal Commissioners dated January 22, 1834.

Folder 2

Ohio Canal Commission, 1835-1839. Includes:

• Thirteenth Annual Report of the Board Of Canal Commissioners dated January 19, 1835.
• Fourteenth Annual Report of the Board Of Canal Commissioners dated January 2, 1836.
• First Annual Report of The Board Of Public Works, 1836.
• Rules and Specifications relating to The Construction of Hocking Valley Canal and Estimating of Work Performed Thereon, 1836.
• Board Of Public Works Report, 1836, for the Walhonding Canal.
• Report of the Board Of Public Works, dated February 22, 1837, On the Survey for The Killbuck & Black River Canal.
• Report of the Board Of Public Works on the Tyamochtee & Delaware Survey, dated January 18, 1837.
• Board Of Public Works Report, 1837, for the Walhonding and Mohigan Canals.
• Second Annual Report of the Board Of Public Works, dated January 16, 1838.
• Canal Commissioners Report for 1838, Walhonding, Wabash & Erie and the Muskingum Improvement.
• Special Report of the Board Of Canal Commissioners In Relation to the Survey, Plans, and Estimates of Cost of the Vernon and Mohican Canals, dated February 4, 1839.
• Special Report of the Board Of Canal Commissioners on The Survey and Estimates of the Wooster, Chippeway and Clinton Canal, dated January 19, 1839.
• Board Of Public Works Report, 1839, for The Walhonding, Vernon and Mohican Canals.
• Special Report of The Board Of Public Works In Relation To the Survey, Plans and Estimate of Cost of the Killbuck Canal, dated January 22, 1840.
• Special Report of the Board of Canal Commissioners in reply to a Resolution of The Senate relative to The Claim of Abner Enoch, dated February 12, 1839.
• Special Report of the Board of Canal Commissioners in reply to a Resolution of The Senate relative to The Claim of Caleb Imlay, dated February 14, 1839.
• Special Report of the Board of Canal Commissioners in reply to a Resolution of The Senate relative to The Claim of Morris Seely, dated February 19, 1839.

Folder 3

Ohio Canal Commission, 1840-1909. Includes:

• Special Report of The Board of Public Works, 22 January 1840, in relation to the Survey, Plans and Estimate of Cost of The Killbuck Canal.
• Special Report of The Board of Public Works, 10 January 1840, transmitting the report of the survey of a canal route from Columbus to Lake Erie through The valley of the Scioto, Olentangy and Sandusky Rivers.
• Report of The Board of Public Works to the Ohio Senate, 2 March 1840, Regarding the Mad River Feeder.
• Special Report of The Board of Public Works to the Ohio Senate, 2 March 1840, Regarding information relative to the Mad River Feeder and Miami Reservoir.
• Special Report of The Board of Public Works to the Ohio Senate, 2 March 1840, Regarding information relative to the Mad River Feeder and Miami Reservoir.
• Special Report of The Board of Public Works on the Indian Lake Reservoir, Feeder & Etc., March 8, 1840 (report was made to The Ohio House of Representatives).
• Board of Public Works Report for 1840, (Walhonding Canal, Etc.).
• Board of Public Works Report for 1841, (Walhonding and Hocking Valley Canals).
• Board of Public Works Report from The Sixth Annual Report, January 2, 1843, (Wabash & Erie Canal).
• Board of Public Works Report (Tenth Annual Report), Columbus, January 5, 1847.
• Special Report of The Board of Public Works in reply to House resolution relative to contracts in relation to the Sippo Reservoir, in Stark County, December 29, 1847 (Report was made to the House of Representatives).
• Special Report of The Board of Public Works, Respecting the Nuisance created by the Ohio Canal, at the town of Massillon, in Stark County, January 22, 1848 (Report was made to the Senate).
• Sixteenth Annual Report of The Board of Public Works to The Fiftieth General Assembly for the Year 1852, Dated January 31, 1853.
• Board of Public Works Report for 1894 (Expenses and Receipts for all canals, 1827 to 1894).
• Board of Public Works Report for 1906 (Walhonding Canal, Mile Dam, etc.).
• Board of Public Works Report for 1907 (Walhonding Canal Rebuild, Etc.).
• Board of Public Works Report for 1908 (Walhonding Canal, Wolf Creek Aqueduct and the Zoar Dam: Ohio & Erie Canal, Miami & Erie Transportation Company, Etc.).
• Board of Public Works Report for 1909 (Walhonding Feeder, Etc.).

Folder 4

Ohio Canal Commission, (Financial Material and Related Information) 1827-1840. Includes:

• Communication From The Governor in relation to the Ohio Canal Lands, in answer to a resolution of The House of Representatives, dated January 28, 1840.
• Communication From The Governor transmitting Resolutions fromt the Legislature of Indiana, and a Communication from the Chief Engineer of that State, in relation to the Wabash & Erie Canal, dated January 31, 1840.
• Abstract of the Monthly Statements of the Banks to The Canal Fund Commissioners, 1839.
• Special Report of The Commissioners of the Canal Fund, 22 January 1840, to The Ohio House of Representatives concerning the sale of canal stocks in Europe.
• Special Report of The Canal Fund Commissioners, in reply To a resolution of The House of Representatives, inquiring as to the amount of monies loaned by the state – from whom loaned, & etc., dated January 24, 1840.
• Annual Report of The Ohio Canal Fund Commissioners, Made to the Thirty-Eighth General Assembly, dated February 6, 1840.
• Special Report of The Canal Fund Commissioners, 20 February 1840, to The Ohio House of Representatives concerning the sale of canal stocks in Europe.
• Special Report of The Canal Fund Commissioners, in reply To a resolution of The House of Representatives, inquiring as to the amount of monies loaned by the state – from whom loaned, & etc., dated January 24, 1840.
• Annual Report of The Ohio Canal Fund Commissioners, Made to the Thirty-Eighth General Assembly, dated February 6, 1840.
• Special Report of The Canal Fund Commissioners, 20 February 1840, to the Ohio House of Representatives regarding The Mission To England.
• Special Report of The Canal Fund Commissioners, relative To the funds and state stock in The Manhattan Company, dated March 11, 1840.
• Special Report of The Auditor of State, in relation to Incorporated Towns and Townships, dated February 18, 1840.
• A Letter to the Chicago Canal Convention included as Pages 41-53 in the Annual Report of The Board Of Public Works for 1863.
• A Statement on Canals compiled and edited by Charles E. Perkins, Chief Engineer under the direction of The Board of Public Works, dated February 24, 1902.
• Niles Register, August 11, 1827, Correspondence Between The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Citizens Committee of Chilicothe as reprinted in The Ohio Scioto Gazette (Regarding the planned construction of the B&O Railroad west to the Ohio River).
• Niles Register, May 11, 1833, Article regarding rates on The Erie Canal and The Ohio Canal, Etc.

Folder 5

Ohio Canal Commission (re: Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal Company). 1837-1854. Includes:

• Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal Company Report to The General Assembly of The State of Ohio for 1837.
• Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal Company Report to The Senate and House of Representatives of The State of Ohio, dated December 18, 1839.
• Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal Company Report to The Senate and House of Representatives of The State of Ohio, dated February 12, 1841.
• Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal Company Report to The General Assembly of The State of Ohio for the Year 1841.
• Annual Report of The Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal Company for the Year 1844, dated February 12, 1845.
• Annual Report of The Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal to The General Assembly of The State of Ohio, dated February 1, 1847.
• Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal Company Report (Partial) For the Year 1847.
• Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal Company Report (Partial) For the Year 1849.
• Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal Company Report (Partial) For the Year 1850.
• Annual Report of The Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal Company to The General Assembly of The State of Ohio, dated January 10, 1853.
• Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal Company Report (Partial) For the Year 1853.
• Annual Report of The Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal Company to The General Assembly of The State of Ohio, dated January 10, 1854.

» Ohio & Erie Canal, Canal Lands for Recreational Use

Folder 6

Ohio Canal Lands – Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area – Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Includes:

• H.B. 676, 113th General Assembly, Enabling Legislation Transferring State Canal Lands to The Federal Government.
• Nomination Form – National Register of Historic Places.
• Inventory, Ohio & Erie Canal District in the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area.

Folder 7

Ohio Canal Lands: Leases, Transfers. Includes:

• S.B. 327, Allows the Director of Administrative Services, with the approval of the State Canal Land Authority, to donate canal lands in the Cuyahoga Valley Recreation Area to a federal agency for specified purposes.
• Governor’s Deed, State of Ohio, 7 December 1989 (with reference to S.B. 327).
• Lease of Water and Canal Lands (American Steel & Wire Company, 8 December 1970).
• Difficulties stemming from "extraordinary" cloudburst on or about 5 April 1929.

Folder 8

Ohio Canal Lands – Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation, Cleveland Canal Basin Park.

Folder 9

Ohio Canal Lands – Recreational Use. Includes:

• Ohio Canal Lands Final Study Report, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, February 1974 Senate Bill l247 (Amended Substitute Bill) to modify the Revised Code to provide for a state system of recreational trails, et al.

Folder 10

Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor. Includes:

• H.R. 3593, A Bill to Establish the Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor in the State of Ohio as an Affiliated Area of the National Park System, 20 Nov. 1993.
• A Route to Prosperity, A Study by The National Park Service Of the Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor, August 1993.
• Towpath Trail.

Folder 11

Towpaths to Trails All States. Includes:

• Towpaths – to – Trails, A Summary of America’s Historic Transportation Canals and their Recreational Potential, Kristine Olka and Rory Robinson, October 1995.
• Towpaths to Trails Facts Sheets.

» The Ohio Canals, Construction

Folder 12

Ohio Canals, Contractors’ Bids to the Canal Commission, Original Construction Period.

Folder 13

Ohio Canals – Twentieth Century Improvements. Includes:

• Canal Survey Commission with Expenditures for Permanent Improvement of The Ohio Canal.
• List of Appropriations in Annual Report of 1909.
• Annual Report, FY ending 15 November 1911, John I. Miller, Chief Engineer, Public Works of Ohio.
• Expenditures for Permanent Improvement of the Miami & Erie Canal.
• The Final Years, F.W. Trevorrow.

» Listing of The Ohio Canals

Cincinnati & Whitewater Canal

Folder 14

Cincinnati & Whitewater Canal, General Information. Includes:

• Survey Letter, January 23rd, 1837.
• Estimated Construction Costs, January 23rd, 1837.
• Report to The Board of Public Works, January 24th, 1837.
• Letter to M.L. Williams, President, Whitewater (sic) Canal Company re: resurvey, from Darius Lapham, Engineer, November 10th 1837.
• Letter to M.L. Williams, President, Cincinnati & Whitewater Canal Company re: survey for final location and more detailed cost estimate, from Darius Lapham, Engineer, December 28th 1837.
• Estimate of the Probably Cost of Constructing the Cincinnati & Whitewater Canal from near Harrison to Western Row in the City of Cincinnati, December 28th, 1837, Darius Lapham, Engineer.
• Report of the Engineer to the Board of Directors of the Cincinnati & Whitewater Canal, Darius Lapham.
• Report to the Board of Public Works, re: the condition of the Wabash & Erie Canal, Samuel Medbury, January 29th, 1844.
• Report to the Board of Public Works, re: The Miami & Erie Canal, John W. Erwin, January 26th, 1853.
• Map Plates, Cincinnati & Whitewater Canal, F.W. Trevorrow, 1984.

Folder 15

Cincinnati & Whitewater Canal, Various Reports. Includes:

• Geological Survey of the State, 1837.
• Special Report of the Board of Public Works to the General Assembly, Cincinnati in 1826, B. Drake and D. Mansfield.
• Report of Darius Lapham to Samuel Forrer, 23 January 1837, with Cost Estimates.
• Report of Darius Lapham to M.T. Williams, 10 November 1837.
• Report of Darius Lapham to the Board of Public Works for the General Assembly, 14 December 1839.
• Report of Darius Lapham to the Directors of the C&WW Canal Company, 31 December 1839 w/Report of Progress.
• Report of Darius Lapham to the Directors of The C&WW Canal Company, 31 December 1840 w/Status of Construction.
• Report of Samuel Forrer to The Board of Public Works, 24 January 1837.
• Letter: Darius Lapham to M.T. Williams, 28 December 1837 w/cost estimates.
• Report of Darius Lapham to the Directors of the C&WW Canal Company, 31 December 1840.

Columbus Feeder Canal

Folder 16

Columbus Feeder Canal, General Information (Ohio & Erie Canal).

Dresden Sidecut Canal

Folder 17

Dresden Sidecut Canal, General Information.

Hocking Valley Canal

Folder 18

Hocking Canal, General Information. Includes:

• The Hocking Canal, Workhorse of the Hocking Valley, Annie Hutchison.

Killbuck Creek-Black River Canal

Folder 19

Killbuck Creek-Black River Canal, General Information. Includes:

• Report to the Commissioners of the Lake Erie and Muskingum Road and Canal Company, Sebried Dodge, Principal Engineer, Western Division of the Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal, July 28th, 1836 (Re: Suitability of Water Supply).

Box A3:

» Miami & Erie Canal

Folder 1

Auglaize County. Includes:

• Historic Fort Loramie, Herbert K. Skinner, no date.
• Plat Maps.
• Topographical Maps.

Folder 2

Allen, Hamilton, Lucas, Montgomery and Shelby Counties. Includes:

• Paper on treatment of illegal immigrants (canal workers) in Lucas County.

Folder 3

Miami & Erie Canal, Clippings File, General.

» Milan Canal

Folder 4

The Milan Canal, General Information.

» Muskingum River Navigation (Muskingum Improvement)

Folder 5

Muskingum Improvement, General File 1.

Folder 6

Muskingum Improvement, General File 2

Folder 7

Muskingum Improvement, Reports to the Chief Engineer.

» Ohio & Erie Canal

Folder 8

Clippings File, Items of Historical Interest.

Folder 9

Clippings File, Current Material. Includes:

• Towpath Trail.
• Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor

Folder 10

Coal Mining Activities, Along the Canal.

Folder 11

Contractors’ Bids Submitted to Alfred Kelly, Canal Commissioner.

» Ohio & Erie Canal in Various Counties

Folder 12

Coshocton County, Roscoe Village. Includes:

• An Introduction to Roscoe Village, Roscoe Village Foundation.
• Motoring Along The Ohio & Erie Canal, Theobald Kasper, Undated, A Trip Through Coshocton and Muskingum Counties.

Folder 13

Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Area. Includes:

• Set of USGS Topographical Map excerpts: Cleveland to Akron
• Booklet: Port of Cleveland, Cleveland Chamber of Commerce.

Folder 14

Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Area. Includes:

• Newsletter, Friends of the Hulett Ore Unloaders and Steamer William G. Mather, David S. Brose, February 1990.
• The Flats Hub Master Plan, 1991 (?).

Folder 15

Fairfield and Franklin Counties. Includes:

• Bridge Drawings from plat books.
• Map excerpts from county atlas(es).

Folder 16

Licking County, Buckeye Lake (Licking Reservoir). Includes:

• The Story of Buckeye Lake, Joseph Simpson, 1912.
• The Black Hand, John D.H. Mc’Kinley, 1904.
• Drawings From The Plat Books, Barnett Golding, May 1979. 2 copies.
• Letters to Alfred Kelley, Micajah T. Williams and Samuel Forrer.
• Buckeye Lake or Whatever Happened To The Licking County Reservoir, John Droege, 1979.
• Cranberry Island, Buckeye Lake, Ohio, Department of Biology, Dennison University, Granville, Ohio.
• The Ohio Canal Sesquicentennial, Ohio Sesquicentennial Committee of Licking County, 1975. 2 copies.

Folder 17

Muskingum County. Includes:

• Motoring Along The Ohio & Erie Canal, Theobald Kasper, Undated, A Trip Through Coshocton and Muskingum Counties.

Folder 18

Pickaway and Ross Counties. Includes:

• County Atlas Map Excerpts
• Excerpts of the Ohio State Journal, October 1824.

Folder 19

Scioto County. Includes:

• Canal Magazine, Scioto Valley Canal Society, 1982.
• Families Along the Canal of Bygone Days, H. Montavon, Scioto Valley Canal Society, 1981.
• Booklet, Canal Days, Robert Mohl, 2 copies.
• Union Mills, Circa 1898, T. and B. Throckmorton, Scioto Valley Canal Society, 1980, 3 copies.
• Memories Along the Old Canal, Scioto Valley Canal Society, 1978.
• Life Along the Towpath, Scioto Valley Canal Society, 1979 (2 copies).

Folder 20

Stark County. Includes:

• Clippings.
• Booklet, Stark Metropolitan Park District Story, anon, undated.
• Sections from County Map Atlas.
• Booklet, Stark Metropolitan Park District, a study drawn for the use of a citizen’s advisory board in the development of a county park district.

Box A4:

Folder 1

Stark County, Canal Fulton Area. Includes:

• Clippings.
• History of the Canal Fulton Heritage Society, anon, undated.

Folder 2

Summit County, Akron Area. Includes:

• Clippings.
• Excerpts from County Map Atlas.
• Text And Layout for the Lock Two Park Interpretive Exhibit – Akron, Ohio, Design Nonpareil, Boston MA, Undated and other Lock 2 Park materials.
• New Portage, City of Refuge, City of Safety in Ohio, Romig and Moorek (The Mormon Church).
• Brief History and Description of the Ohio & Erie Canal in the City of Akron, anon, no date.
• Akron Cascade Mill Race, A Brief History of a Multi-Purpose Waterway 1832-1958, M.L. Bonko & R.B. Norton, March 1990.
• The Stone Arch At Lock 14 North, Akron, Ohio, R.B. Norton, September 1990 and other material related to the stone arch over the Lock 14 wasteway.
• New Portage, Ohio, Llyn Conrad, August 1978.

Folder 3

Summit County, Akron Summit, Portage Lakes. Includes:

• Set of Tracings from Summit County Atlas, 1874.

Folder 4

Summit County, Peninsula. Includes:

• An Historical and Tourist’s Guide to Peninsula and the Ohio Canal, R. Hunker and J. Grabowski.

Folder 5

Tuscarawas County. Includes:

• Listing: From Zoar to Roscoe, Sites and Structures on The Ohio & Erie Canal, Theobald Kasper, no date.
• Lock Seventeen, Ohio, article by Richard J. Maturi.
• Dover, Ohio, article by Ed DeGraw, no date.
• Self-Drive tour of The Ohio & Erie Canal from Newark to Canal Winchester, Ted Findley, 1966.
• Self-Drive tour of The Ohio & Erie Canal from Webbsport to Black Hand Gorge, Ted Findley, no date.
• The Trenton Feeder, article by Terry K. Woods, no date.
• The Sugar Creek Crossing, article by Terry K. Woods, no date.
• Glasgow, Ohio, article from the Canton Repository, Jan. 7, 1940.
• Township Maps of Tuscarawas County.
• Listing: Original Contractors for the Ohio Canal in Tuscarawas County.
• Tuscarawas County map details.

» Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal

Folder 6

Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal. Includes:

• Report Respecting Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal, The Congress Lake Watershed, The Little Cuyahoga River Watershed, Upper Cuyahoga River Watershed, The Lower Cuyahoga River Watershed and Opinion Respecting Contemplated Use of the Congress Lake Watershed, and the Effect of 102 Laws 175 Attempting to Give The City of Akron Certain Rights in the Cuyahoga River, Charles F. Schnee, 1989 (?).
• Report of the Select Committee Relative to the Sale of The Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal, M.A. Davis, The Hiram Historical Society, December, 1929.
• The Pennsylvania – Ohio Canal, 1823-1827, Harold E. Davis, December 1929.
• A History and Genealogy of the Dodge Family, (partial), Compiled by J. Roy Dodge, 1971......also includes S. Dodge obituary.
• Youngstown and The P & O Canal, Ronald D. Reid, Western Reserve Magazine, November/December 1983 (2 copies).
• Memorandum of a Canal Trip, anon, Western Reserve Magazine, Mar/April 1977.
• Chronology and History of the Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal, anon, no date.
• Letter from William G. McNeill of Newark, N.J. to Simon Bernard, Ohio Board for Internal Improvements concerning a route for a canal from the Mahoning River to the Cuyahoga River, February 1826.
• Various newspaper articles.

Folder 7

Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal, Various Reports. Includes:

• Minutes of the organizational meeting in Warren, Ohio, 1 October 1833.
• Canal Company Reports, 1828, 1829, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1852, 1853.
• Annals of Cleveland, Cleveland Herald, 1833.

Portage Canal & Manufacturing Company

Folder 8

Portage Canal & Manufacturing Company ("The Chuckery Race"). Includes:

• A calculation of the power available from the Cuyahoga River with correspondence between E.N. Sill and Sebried Dodge, as reported by the Summit Beacon, April 29, 1840.

» Sandy & Beaver Canal

Folder 9

Sandy & Beaver Canal, General Information. Includes:

• Report of Major D.B. Douglas on the Sandy & Beaver Canal, 1830 (transcribed, 3 copies).
• Report to the President and Directors of The Sandy & Beaver Canal, E.H. Gill, Chief Engineer, 11 November 1835.
  • With: Instructions to Engineers – to E.H. Gill, Chief Engineer and H. Hage, Benjamin Hanna and Elderkin Potter, 10 September 1834.
  • With: The Report of Messers Gill and Hage on the Sandy & Beaver Canal to the President and Directors of the Sandy & Beaver Canal Company.
  • With: Letters of Recommendation Concerning E.H. Gill, October, 1834.
• The Sandy & Beaver Canal, 1834 to 1980, David J. McDonald, 3 copies.
• Sandy & Beaver Canal – First Annual Report, Benjamin Hanna, President, 12 August 1835.
• A History of Sandy Valley, F.C. Orlando, Sr., 1975.

» Walhonding Canal

Folder 10

Walhonding Canal. Includes:

• General Information.
• Excerpts from various Annual Reports.

» Warren County Canal

Folder 11

Warren County Canal. Includes:

• General Information.
• Historical Data on the Warren County Canal, State of Ohio, Department of Public Works.

» Important Rivers, Lakes and Other Waterways In and Around Ohio

Folder 12

Cuyahoga River. Includes:

• Cuyahoga River Basin, A List of Tributaries.
• Map of the Headwaters.

Folder 13

Lake Erie – Ohio River Canal (Proposed), Clippings and General Information. Includes:

• A Comparison of the Final Inland Navigation Links Presently Under Consideration for Europe and the U.S.A., Ronald D. Reid, PE, 1986.
• Questions and Answers About the Proposed Great Lakes Inland Waterway, Great Lakes Inland Waterway Authority, 1985.
• The Great Lakes Inland Kickoff, September 16th, 1985 Waterway Campaign.
• The Proposed Lake Erie Ohio River Canal, U.S. Army Engineer District, Pittsburgh PA, 2 copies.
• Maps.

Folder 14

Licking River. Includes:

• Licking River Basin, A List of Tributaries.

Folder 15

Mississippi River. Includes:

• The Upper Mississippi River, Nine Foot Channel, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Rock Island and St. Louis Districts, June 1992.
• Channel Improvement and Stabilization on the Lower Mississippi River, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi River Commission, Vicksburg, Mississippi, October, 1979.

Folder 16

Muskingum River. Includes:

• Muskingum River Basin, A List of Tributaries.

Folder 17

Ohio River, Clippings and General Information. Includes:

• Locks and Dams on the Ohio River, The Ohio Contractor, November-December, 1965.
• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Book, The Ohio River 1934, pages 375 and 376.
• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Book, The Ohio River 1934, pages 376 and 377.
• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Book, The Ohio River 1934, page 157.
• Bellvue Locks and Dam, Ohio River, Condition of Improvement, 30 June 1974, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, Revised 167.
• Navigation Project, Plan and Profile, U.S. Army Engineering Division, Ohio River, Cincinnati, Ohio, February 1973.
• Plan of Development, U.S. Army Engineer District, Pittsburgh District, July 1973.

Folder 18

Tuscarawas River. Includes:

• Tuscarawas River Basin, A List of Tributaries.

Folder 19

Walhonding River. Includes:

• Walhonding River Basin, A List of Tributaries.

Folder 20

United States – Intra Coastal Waterway/Mid-Continent Waterways. Includes:

• Tomorrow’s Waterways, DuWayne A. Koch.
• Cruising The Intracoastal Waterway, D.C. Smith, Charleston Magazine, July-August 1988.

» Canal Publications

Folder 21

A Photo Album of Ohio’s Canal Era: 1825-1913, Jack Gieck, Kent State University Press, 1988.

Folder 22

American Canals, General Information. Includes:

• Promoting America’s Canals: Popularizing the Hopes and fears of the American Nation, Carlos A. Schwantes.
• ‘Old’ Canals Revival in the United States of America, Roger W. Squires, 1977.
• Mitchell’s Compendium of the Internal Improvements of the United States, 1835 (facsimile).

Folder 23

American Canal Guide, American Canal Society, Part One, September 1974/Part 3, July 1979.

Folder 24

American Canals, Publications and Films Sources.

Folder 25

Buckeye Ditch, Jack Gieck, no date.

Folder 26

The Canal Era, Frank W. Trevorrow, no date.

Folder 27

The Construction of the Ohio Canals, George White Dial, Lockland, Ohio.

Folder 28

Index of Canals in the United States. Includes:

• Inventory of the Erasmus Gest Papers, 1834-1885, Ohio Historical Society, 15 May 1962.
• American Canal Index, American Canal Society, July 1975.
• Canal Index Compilation – by States and Provinces, American Canal Society.
• Individual Canal Index Sheets; American Canal Society.

Folder 29

Index to Old Towpaths, Alvin F. Harlow, 1926, Compiled by C.P. Yoder, Curator, Pennsylvania Canal Society, Nazareth, Pennsylvania.

Box A5:

Folder 1

Local History of Saw & Grist Mills, Towns and Canals in Knox, Licking And Muskingum Counties, D.W. Horn.

Folder 2

Music and Poetry on the Old Canal. Includes:

• The Aged Pilot Man, Mark Twain, 1872.
• The Old Canal, Pearl Nye, undated, 808 verses and refrain; Verses numbered in red; Parts numbered on reverse.
• Christmas on the Old Canal, James D. Robinson, no date.
• Music Along And On Ohio Canals, Jenny Bowman, 1991.

Folder 3

National/International Conference on Historic Canals................all years.

Folder 4

Ohio Canal drawings and paintings of William F. Gilmore, copies.

Folder 5

Trails of the Ohio Canals, Ted H. Findley, New Philadelphia, Ohio, no date.

Folder 6

The Traveler’s Guide, A Table of Distances of The Principal Roads, Steamboats and Canal Routes, T.F. Adams, 1833, Reprint.

Folder 7

Twenty Five Miles to Nowhere, T.K.Woods, 1978 (Draft), Roscoe Village Foundation.

Folder 8

The Walhonding Canal, A Brief History, T.K. Woods, 1978.

Folder 9

The Waterville Story (Lucas County), anon, no date.

Folder 10

J.A. Heidloff, Daybook, 1910-1912, W. Harry Heidloff Collection.

Folder 11

The Ohio Canals, Manuscript read before The Ohio State University, Political Science Club, Wednesday evening, February 17, 1904 with supporting materials.

Folder 12

John George Isham, 1841-57 Memorandum Book and 1864 Diary, Manuscripts by Mrs. David Campbell, Waterville Historical Society.

Folder 13

Charles Williams, First White Settler in Coshocton County, Autobiography, 1830.

» Canals in States Other Than Ohio And Certain Other Countries

Folder 14

California - Venice Canals.

Folder 15

Florida - Okeechobee Waterway/Cross Florida Barge Canal/Caloosahatchee Canal.

Folder 16

Georgia - Augusta Canal/Brunswick & Altamaha Canal.

Folder 17

Idaho - Snake River Navigation.

Folder 18

Illinois - Illinois & Michigan Canal/Hennepin Canal

.

Folder 19

Indiana – Indiana Central Canal. Includes:

• Various Personal Recollections.

Folder 20

Indiana - Wabash & Erie Canal.

Folder 21

Indiana - Wabash River Barge Canal.

Folder 22

Indiana - Whitewater Canal.

Folder 23

Massachusetts

• Cumberland & Oxford Canal/Middlesex Canal/Cape Cod Canal
• Blackstone Canal

Folder 24

Massachusetts -- Farmington Canal/Lowell Hydraulic Canals/Cut River Canal/Fox Creek Canal/Merrimack Navigation.

Folder 25

Michigan -- St. Mary’s Falls Canal (Sault Ste. Marie)/Cinton-Kalamazoo Canal.

Folder 26

Maryland/Delaware/Pennsylvania - Chesapeake & Ohio Canal.

Folder 27

A Collection of Maps of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, 1967, American Youth Hostels, Inc.

Folder 28

North Carolina - Agricultural Canals.

Folder 29

New Jersey - Morris Canal/Delaware & Raritan Canal.

Folder 30

New York - Black River Canal/Auburn and Owasco Canal.

Folder 31

New York - Champlain Canal/Chenango Canal.

Folder 32

New York – Erie Canal/New York State Barge Canal. Includes:

• Canals and Canal Landmarks Along The New York State Thruway, Emily and Hayward Madden/Ruth and Robert Rose.
• History of Lockport, New York, Clarence O. Lewis, 1964.
• The Erie Canal, Francis W. Cunningham, Oneida Historical Society.
• The Original Erie Canal at Fort Hunter, David Veeder, Fort Hunter Canal Society, 1968.

Folder 33

New York - Shinnecock & Peconic Canal/Quantuck Canal/Quogue Canal.

Folder 34

New York/Pennsylvania – Delaware & Hudson Canal. Includes:

• Roebling’s Delaware & Hudson Canal Aqueducts, Robert M. Vogel, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971.
• Delaware & Hudson Canal: Field Trip – Roundout to High Falls, Canal Society of New York, 7 May 1966.

Folder 35

Pennsylvania – Allegheny and Monongahela River Navigations. Includes:

• A History of the Monongahela Navigation Company by an original stockholder, 1873.
• Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers Navigation Charts, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, January 1977.

Box A6:

Folder 1

Pennsylvania – Allegheny Portage Railroad. Includes;

• Sylvester Welch’s Report on the Allegheny Portage Railroad, 1833, American Canal and Transportation Center, January 1973 (4 copies).
• Reminiscences of the First Railroad Over The Allegheny Mountains, Sloan Roberts, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. II #4 1873, Reproduction, July 9, 1974 by the Pennsylvania Historical Society (2 copies).

Folder 2

Pennsylvania – Beaver & Erie Canal (Erie Extension Canal). Includes:

• Hiking with History Along The Erie Extension Canal, Fred J. Brenner, PhD, 1967.
• Guide to the Beaver Division Canal, Denver L. Walton, no date, (2 copies).
• The Old Erie County Canal, John E. Reed, Esq., 1947-1948.

Folder 3

Pennsylvania – Delaware Division, Pennsylvania Main Line Canal.

Folder 4

Pennsylvania – Lehigh Canal.

Folder 5

Pennsylvania – Main Line Canal.

Folder 6

Pennsylvania – North Branch Canal. Includes:

• Pennsylvania’s North Branch Canal, Willard R. Rhoads, Columbia County Historical Society, October 1960.

Folder 7

Pennsylvania – Schuylkill Navigation. Includes:

• Tour Guide: Schuylkill Navigation Field Trip, Pennsylvania Canal Society, 5 October 1973.

Folder 8

Pennsylvania – Union Canal (Schuylkill & Susquehanna Canal). Includes:

• The Two Canals of Lebanon County, Dean M. August, 1966.

Folder 9

Pennsylvania/Maryland/Delaware – The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.

Folder 10

Pennsylvania Canals. Includes:

• Commissioners Reports: 1827, 1825, 1826, 1828, The Register of Pennsylvania, 1828, 1829.
• Reports of Survey, French Creek to Lake Erie, D.B. Douglas, Hazard’s Register, 19 July 1828.
• Report and Estimate on the Survey of a canal line from Easton to Carpenter’s Point, D.B. Douglas, November 29, 1828, Register of Pennsylvania, February 1829.
• David Bates Douglas, Related Documents, edited by Samuel Hazard, 1826-1828.

Folder 11

South Carolina – Landsford Canal/Broad River Canal.

Folder 12

Tennessee – Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Includes:

• Tennessee – Tombigbee Waterway, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, June 1985.

Folder 13

Virginia - James River & Kanawha Canal/Potowmack Canal/Great Falls Canal. Includes:

• With Great Vision... The James River and Kanawha Canal, Kent Druyvesteyn, The Virginia Cavalcade, Winter 1972.
• George Washington’s Patowmack Canal, The National Geographic Magazine, June 1987.
• Waterway to the West, James J. Kirkwood, Eastern National Park & Monument Association, 1963 (James River & Kanawha Canal). (2 copies).
• George Washington’s Canal at Great Falls, Virginia, Thomas F. Hahn, 1976.

Folder 14

Virginia – Dismal Swamp Canal/Roanoke Navigation/Alexandria Canal. Includes:

• The Dismal Swamp Canal, Alexander C. Brown, 1967.
• The Alexandria Canal, Department of Planning and Community Development & Alexandria Archaeology, Office of Historic Alexandria, no date.
• An Historical Review, The Dismal Swamp Canal, Norfolk County Historical Society of Chesapeake, Virginia, 1966 (area history; With reference to The Dismal Swamp Canal and The Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal).

Folder 15

West Virginia – Great Kanawha and Little Kanawha Rivers. Includes:

• Little Kanawha River Basin Plan, Department of Natural Resources, Charleston, WV 25311, 1982.

Folder 16

Wisconsin – Milwaukee & Rock River Canal/Fox River Navigation/Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal.

Folder 17

Canada - Lachine Canal.

Folder 18

Canada

• Rideau Canal.
• Sault Ste Marie (St. Mary’s River).
• Trent-Severn Canal.

Folder 19

Canada - St. Lawrence River Bypass Canals.

Folder 20

Canada - Welland Canals.

Folder 21

England/UK.

Folder 22

France/UK.

Folder 23

Ireland. Includes:

• Grand Canal.
• Lagan Navigation.
• Newry Canal.

Folder 24

Japan - Biwako Canal.

Folder 25

Panama - Panama Canal.

Folder 26

Scotland. Includes:

• Forth and Clyde Canal
• Falkirk Wheel
• Union Canal.

Folder 27

Sweden.

Box A7: Contracts and Financial Records in the Rebuild Period

Folder 1

Rebuild Payroll Records for The Northern Division, Ohio & Erie Canal, January-August 1906, Specifications, 1906.

Folder 2

Rebuild Contracts for The Northern Division, Ohio & Erie Canal.

• Kissner Co., West Lafayette, Ohio, March 13, 1907.
• American Sewer Pipe Co., Columbus, Ohio, March 13, 1970.

Folder 3

Rebuild Contracts for The Northern Division, Ohio & Erie Canal.

• C.N. Parshall, Co., Akron, Ohio, March 13, 1907.
• G.N. Kissner Co., West Lafayette, Ohio, March 13, 1907.
• American Sewer Pipe Co., Columbus, Ohio, March 13, 1907.

Folder 4

Rebuild Contracts for The Northern Division, Ohio & Erie Canal.

• E.C. Hovey Co., Akron, Ohio, June 25, 1908.
• Superior Portland Cement Co., Charleston, West Virginia. June 25, 1908.
• Kinnear Brothers Co., Columbus, Ohio, June 25, 1908.

Monthly Estimates, Northern Division, Ohio & Erie Canal,

• Daly Brothers Construction Co., July, 1908.
• Wm. H. Vogt & Son Co., October, 1908, (Sill No. 2 below Navarre, Upper Massillon Lock #5).
• Fauver & Renick Co., October, 1908, (Sluice, Lock #11).
• S.W. Parshall Co., (Lock #13, Lockport).
• Smettly Co., December, 1908 (Sugarcreek Dam Extension).

Folder 5

Abstract of Money Paid, Northern Division, Ohio & Erie Canal, Dated June and September, 1908, J.A. Hanlin, Inspector/Engineer.

Folder 6

Rebuild Contract for The Northern Division, Ohio & Erie Canal.

• J.N. Kissner Construction Company, Johnstown, Ohio, May 11, 1909.
• Abstract of Money Paid, Northern Division, Ohio & Erie Canal, June, 1910.

Folder 7

Rebuild Contract for The Northern Division, Ohio & Erie Canal.

• J.N. Kissner Construction Company, Johnstown, Ohio, Sept. 13, 1910.
• Abstract of Money Paid, Northern Division, Ohio & Erie Canal, April, 1910.

Box B1: Periodicals

Folder 1

American Canals, Bulletin of the American Canal Society, March, 1972 to November, 1982, non-inclusive, 10 Year Index, 20 Year Index.

Folder 2

American Canals, Bulletin of The American Canal Society, February 1983 to November, 1992, non-inclusive.

Folder 3

American Canals, Bulletin of The American Canal Society, May 1993 through current issue, non-inclusive.

Folder 4

Association for Great Lakes Maritime History, Newsletter, Various issues.

Folder 5

Avon News, The Official Organ of The Lower Avon Navigation Trust, June 1971 to Spring 1974, non-inclusive.

Folder 6

Bottoming Out, The Canal Society of New York, No. 39, 1999.

Folder 7

Canal Information Services.

Folder 8

The Canal Courier, The New York State Council on the Arts.

Folder 9

Canal Currents, Bulletin of The Pennsylvania Canal Society, Fall 1967 to Summer 1980, non-inclusive FOLDER #1.

Folder 10

Canal Currents, Bulletin of The Pennsylvania Canal Society, Autumn 1980 to Winter 1996, non-inclusive FOLDER #2.

Folder 11

The Canal Packet, Newsletter of the Erie Canal Museum Associates, September 1977 to Winter 1996.

Folder 12

Canal Society of Indiana, Newsletter, Summer 1987 to September 1995, non-inclusive FOLDER #1

Folder 13

Canal Society of Indiana, Newsletter, January 1996 to December 1997, inclusive FOLDER #2

Folder 14

Canal Society of Indiana, Newsletter, January 1998 to October 1999 FOLDER #3.

Folder 15

Canal Society of Indiana, Newsletter, November 1999 to Present FOLDER #4.

Folder 16

Canaler’s Journal, Newsletter of The Pennsylvania Canal Society.

Box B2: Periodicals

Folder 1

Canals Canada, Newsletter of The Canadian Canal Society, May 1995 to November 1999, non-inclusive.

Folder 2

The Canawler, Newsletter, The Canal Fulton Heritage Society.

Folder 3

Echos, Newsletter, The Ohio Historical Society.

Folder 4

Eddies in the Current, Newsletter of the Delphos (OH) Canal Commission, various issues.

Folder 5

Grand River, Newsletter and Journal of the Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums, 1978 and 1979.

Folder 6

Great Miami River Corridor Commission, Newsletter, various issues.

Folder 7

Hancock-Carnegie Canal Coalition, Newsletter.

Folder 8

Indiana Waterways/Indiana Canals, Journal of the Indiana Canal Society, October 1981 to Spring 1999, non-inclusive.

Folder 9

Indiana Canals, Journal of the Canal Society of Indiana, Summer 1999 to (Present).

Folder 10

The Locktender, Newsletter of The National Canal Museum, Easton, Pennsylvania, October 1984 to Fall 1999, non-inclusive.

Folder 11

The Locktender, Newsletter of The National Canal Museum, Easton, Pennsylvania, Winter 2000 to (Present).

Folder 12

Locktender’s Ledger, Clinton (OH) Canal Association.

Folder 13

On The Level, Newsletter of The Canal Society of New Jersey, April 1994 to (Present).

Folder 14

Reflections on the Morris Canal, Robert Goller, The Canal Society of New Jersey, Summer 1997 and following.

Folder 15

Roscoe Village News, Roscoe Village Foundation, Spring 1977 to Vol. 28 No. 3, non-inclusive.

Folder 15A

The Silver Ribbon, Ohio Erie Canal Corridor Coalition, Vol. 1, #3 to (Present).

Folder 16

The Tiller, Newsletter of the Virginia Canals and Navigations Society, Vol. 1, Issues 3/4 to Vol. 9, Issue 4, Ten Year Index, 1980-1990.

Folder 17

The Tiller, Newsletter of the Virginia Canals and Navigations Society, Vol. 10, Issue 1 to Vol. 17, Issue 2.

Folder 18

Towpath Times, Newsletter of the Miami Erie Canal Corridor Authority, Vol. 1 No.2.

Folder 19

Towpath Topics, Newsletter of the Middlesex Canal Association, April 1977 to September 1996.

Folder 20

Worldwide Waterways, Journal of The International Association For Inland Waterways, Autumn 1995 and following.

Box C1: Canal Society of Ohio Tour Guides

Folder 1

CSO Tour, Ohio & Erie Canal, Lockbourne to Carroll and The Columbus Feeder Canal, May 10-12, 1994.

Folder 2

CSO Tour, Ohio & Erie Canal, Cleveland Terminus to Peninsula, May, 1975.

Folder 3

CSO Tour, Miami & Erie Canal, Defiance Slackwater to Lock 44n, October 20-22, 1995.

Folder 4

CSO Tour, Ohio & Erie Canal, Lock 27n to Massillon, May 20-22, 1977.

Folder 5

CSO Tour, The Miami Canal between Dayton and Cincinnati and The Warren County Canal, October 1977.

Folder 6

CSO Tour, The Ohio & Erie Canal between Carroll and Hebron and The Kirkersville Feeder, May, 1979.

Folder 7

Field Paper, Buckeye Lake or Whatever Happened to The Licking Reservoir, John Droege, 1977.

Folder 8

CSO Tour, The Ohio & Erie Canal in the Scioto Valley, May 20-3, 1980, Portsmouth – The Dead End? The Southern Terminus of The Ohio & Erie Canal, Beverly K. McCall, a paper prepared for the tour. Also various Pamphlets related to the area, no tour guide.

Folder 9

CSO Tour, The Ohio & Erie Canal from Lockbourne to Carroll and The Columbus Feeder, May 10-12, 1981.

Folder 10

CSO Tour, The Whitewater Canal, Chronology, Maps and Pamphlets, October 16-18, 1981, no tour guide.

Folder 11

CSO Tour, The Milan Canal, Maps, 8-10 October 1982, no tour guide.

Folder 12

CSO Tour, The Hocking Canal, Chronology of Events, Maps, October 28-29, 1983, no tour guide.

Folder 13

CSO Tour, The Muskingum River to Lock 3, Maps, October 12-13, 1984, no tour guide.

Folder 14

CSO Tour, The Sidney Feeder Canal and The Lewistown Reservoir, April 12-13, 1985.

Folder 15

CSO Tour, The Hocking Canal, Chronology of Events, Maps, October 18-19, 1985, no tour guide.

Folder 16

CSO Tour, The Ohio & Erie Canal, Newcomerstown to Dresden, Maps, April 18-19, 1986, no tour guide.

Folder 17

CSO Tour, The Ohio & Erie Canal, Millport to Chillecothe, May 1-2, 1987.

Folder 18

CSO Tour, The Ohio & Erie Canal, Portage Lakes Feeder System, October 9-10, 1987.

Folder 19

CSO Tour, The Ohio & Erie Canal, Buckeye Lake to Frazeysburg, April 22-23, 1988.

Folder 20

CSO Tour, The Miami & Erie Canal, Independence Dam to Junction To Antwerp, October 7-8, 1988, no tour guide.

Folder 21

CSO Tour, The Waterways of Southwestern Ohio (Cincinnati & Whitewater Canal; Whitewater Canal; Miami Canal; and Ohio River), May 5-6, 1989.

Folder 22

CSO Tour, Welland Canal, September 29-30, 1989, The Four Welland Canals, John N. Jackson, no tour guide.

Folder 23

CSO Tour, Akron, New Portage to Old Portage, May 11-13, 1990.

Folder 24

CSO Tour, The Miami & Erie Canal, New Bremen to Delphos, October 5-6, 1990.

Folder 25

CSO Tour, Sandy & Beaver Canal, Lisbon and Hanoverton Areas, April 19-21, 1991.

Folder 26

CSO Tour, The Walhonding Canal, October 11-13, 1991, Twenty Five Miles to Nowhere, Terry K. Woods, The Story of The Walhonding Canal With Canal Guide, 1978, rev 1991.

Folder 27

CSO Tour, Field Paper, The Ohio & Erie Canal, The Zoar Sidecut and Feeder, T.K. Woods, 1992.

Folder 28

CSO Tour, The Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal Within Portage County, Ohio, April 3-4, 1992.

Folder 29

CSO Tour, The Ohio & Erie Canal, Chillicothe to Coopersville, October 16-18, 1992.

Folder 30

CSO Tour, The Miami Extension Canal, Deep Cut to Junction, April 16-18, 1993.

Folder 31

CSO Tour, The Ohio & Erie Canal, Lock 39 to Lock 29, October 15-17, 1993.

Folder 32

CSO Trustees Mini Tour, The Miami & Erie Canal in Downtown Dayton, Ohio, July 17, 1993.

Folder 33

CSO Tour, The Muskingum River Parkway, May 20-22, 1994, TOWPATHS article, Corps of Engineers Lock Data Sheets, Maps, no tour guide.

Folder 34

CSO Tour, The Miami & Erie Canal in Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio, October 14-16, 1994.

Folder 35

CSO Trustees, Mini Tour of The Milan Canal, November 5, 1994.

Folder 36

CSO Tour, The Little Kanawah Navigation in Wood, Wirt and Calhoun Counties, Parkersburg to Grantsville, April 21-23, 1995.

Folder 37

CSO Tour, The Miami & Erie Canal, Defiance to Providence, October.

Folder 38

CSO Tour, The Ohio & Erie Canal in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, April 19-21, 1966.

Folder 39

CSO Tour, The Ohio & Erie Canal, Lock 10n to Peninsula, October 11-13, 1996.

Folder 40

CSO Tour, The Miami & Erie Canal and The Sidney Feeder in Miami County, Ohio and Shelby County, Ohio, May 9-11, 1997.

Folder 41

CSO Tour, The Ohio & Erie Canal, Lockbourne to Carroll and The Columbus Feeder in Franklin and Fairfield Counties, Ohio, April 24-26, 1998.

Folder 42

CSO Tour, The Kentucky River Navigation, October 16-18, 1998.

Folder 43

CSO Tour, The Ohio & Erie Canal in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 15-17, 1999 (2 copies).

Folder 44

CSO Trustees Mini Tour, Miami & Erie Canal in Paulding County, March 25, 2000.

Folder 45

CSO Tour, The Ohio & Erie Canal in Stark County, May 5-7, 2000.

Folder 46

CSO Tour, The Miami Canal in Hamilton and Butler Counties, October 27-29, 2000.

Folder 47

CSO Trustees Mini Tour, Miami & Erie Canal in Delphos, Ohio, March 24, 2001.

Folder 48

CSO Tour, The Hocking Canal, Carroll to Logan, April 20-22, 2001.

Folder 49

CSO Trustees Mini Tour, Experience The Wonder of The Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal in Kent, Ohio, July 21, 2001.

Box D1: Photographs

Folder 1

Allen County. Includes:

• Deep Cut, Deep Cut Village, Spencerville.

Folder 2

Auglaize County. Includes:

• Forty Acre Pond, Grand Lake St. Mary’s, Bulkhead Lock, Lock 13n, Mary’s, "Bloody" Bridge, Lock 1n, New Bremen, St. Mary’s Aqueduct.

Folder 3

Butler County. Includes:

• Great Miami River Dam, Hamilton Lock 36s, Six Mile Level, Middletown Monument, Excello Lock 34s

.

Folder 4

Defiance County. Includes:

• Mule Bridge and Locks 34n-39n in Defiance, Lock 13n and Independence Dam.

Folder 5

Hamilton County. Includes:

• Cincinnati, Lockland, "Electric Mule," Centennial Exposition, Plum Street Bend and Basin, Ohio River front, Cincinnati Subway, Removal of canal boats from the Basin to the Ohio River at abandonment.

Folder 6

Henry County. Includes:

• Florida Elevator, Durbin Monument, Oberhauser Creek Culvert, Texas.

Folder 7

Logan County. Includes:

• Lewistown Reservoir.

Folder 8

Lucas County. Includes:

• Maumee Side Cut Park, Swan Creek Sidecut Canal, Locks 48, 49, 50, Waterville.

Folder 9

Miami County. Includes:

• Troy Locks, Tipp City Locks, State Dam and Johnston Farm, Piqua, Eldean Lock and Culvert, Landman’s Mill, Steam Swing Bridge, Piqua.

Folder 10

Montgomery County. Includes:

• Dayton, 2nd Street Canal Bridge, Taylor Street Canal Bridge, Mad River Aqueduct, Miamisburg, Electric "Mule" And tracks.

Folder 11

Paulding County. Includes:

• Six Mile Creek Culvert, Junction (Wabash & Erie Canal), Little Flat Rock Creek Culvert, Flatrock Creek Aqueduct.

Folder 12

Shelby County. Includes:

• Turtle Creek Culvert, Lockington Locks, Piqua Hydraulic.

Folder 13

Van Wert County. Includes:

• Delphos Lock 23n, Spencerville.

Folder 14

Miami & Erie Canal – Uncertain Locations.

Box D2: Photographs: Ohio & Erie Canal

Folder 1

Coshocton County. Includes:

• Roscoe Village, Walhonding Aqueduct, Sunken Boat Discovered in 1959, Pearl Nye.

Folder 2

Cuyahoga County. Includes:

• Austin Powder Company, Tinker’s Creek Aqueduct.
• Lock 38n, Frazee House, Brecksville Feeder, Lock 44n, Lock 42n, Ohio City Canal, Wilson’s (Alexander’s) Mill, Lock 37n, Mill Creek Aqueduct.

Folder 3

Fairfield County. Includes:

• Walnut Creek Crossing, Lockville, Kirkersville Feeder.

Folder 4

Franklin County. Includes:

• Columbus Feeder Canal.

Folder 5

Licking County. Includes:

• Black Hand Gorge, Newark, Licking Reservoir (Buckeye Lake), Heath.

Folder 6

Muskingum County. Includes:

• Dresden Sidecut Canal, Wakatomika Creek Aqueduct.

Folder 7

Pickaway County. Includes:

• Circleville, Circleville Aqueduct.

Folder 8

Pike County. Includes:

• Waverly.

Folder 9

Ross County. Includes:

• Three Locks Area (Tomlinson’s).

Folder 10

Scioto County. Includes:

• Portsmouth, Union Mills (Rushtown), Brush Creek Aqueduct, Lock.

Box D3: Photographs

Folder 1

Stark County. Includes:

• Canal Fulton.

Folder 2

Stark County. Includes:

• Massillon, Navarre, Rebuild Period with The Daly Brothers Construction Company, 1913 Flood.

Folder 3

Summit County. Includes:

• Akron, Cascade Mill, Richard Howe, Mustill Store, Yellow Creek Culvert, Furnace Run Aqueduct, Lock 2 Park, Akron Locks, Payne’s Boatyard, Tuscarawas Feeder, Portage Lakes, Summit Lake.

Folder 4

Summit County. Includes:

• Cuyahoga Valley, Peninsula, Moody & Thomas Mill, Boston, Brecksville Feeder.

Folder 5

Summit County. Includes:

• Clinton Guard Lock, Lock 1s, Lock 2s.

Folder 6

Tuscarawas County. Includes:

• Bolivar, Zoar Hydraulic Canal, Zoar Grist Mill.

Folder 7

Tuscarawas County. Includes:

• New Philadelphia Lateral Canal
• Trenton Feeder Canal
• Newcomerstown.

Box D4: Other Ohio Canals - General Information

Folder 1

Cincinnati & Whitewater/Whitewater Canals – Ohio, Indiana.

Folder 2

Dresden Sidecut Canal, Ohio & Erie Canal connection to the Muskingum Improvement, Ohio.

Folder 3

Milan Canal.

Folder 4

Muskingum Improvement.

Folder 5

Ohio Canals, Miscellaneous Brochures, Programs, etc.

Folder 6

Ohio Canals, Historic Photographs, Boats and Dredges.

Folder 7

Ohio Canals, Historic/Contemporary Photographs, People.

Folder 8

Ohio Canals, Historic Photographs, Uncertain Locations.

Folder 9

Ohio Canals, Photographic Negatives.

Folder 10

Ohio River Navigation – all.

Folder 11

Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal – Ohio, Pennsylvania. See also: Beaver Canal, Pennsylvania.

Folder 12

Portage Canal & Manufacturing Co. "Chuckery" – Akron, Ohio.

Folder 13

Sandy & Beaver Canal.

Folder 14

Wabash & Erie Canal – Indiana, Ohio.

Folder 15

Walhonding Canal.

Note: Also contains DUPLICATES and SEPARATIONS

 

Box D5:

Folder 1

Beaver Canal – Pennsylvania.

Folder 2

Black River Canal – New York.;

Folder 3

Chesapeake & Delaware Canal – Delaware, Maryland.

Folder 4

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal – District of Columbia, Maryland.

Folder 5

Delaware Canal – Pennsylvania.

Folder 6

Delaware & Hudson Canal – New York, Pennsylvania.

Box D6: 35mm Slides from the personal collections of Ted Kasper, Lew Richardson, and Ted Findley

Folder 1

Ohio & Erie Canal.

• Summit County.
• Cuyahoga County.
• Stark County.
• Tuscarawas County.
• Coshocton County
• Muskingum County
• Licking County.
• Columbus Feeder Canal/Hocking Canal.
• Franklin County.
• Fairfield County.
• Dresden Sidecut Canal.
  • Muskingum County.
• Walhonding Canal.
  • Coshocton County.
  • Knox County.
• Muskingum River Improvement.
  • Washington County.
  • Morgan County.
  • Muskingum County.

Folder 2

Ohio River

• Miami & Erie Canal.
  • Hamilton County.
  • Butler County.
  • Montgomery County.
  • Miami County.
  • Shelby County.
  • Auglaize County.
  • Van Wert/ Allen Counties.
  • Putnam County.
  • Paulding County.
  • Defiance County.
  • Henry County.
  • Lucas County.
  • Wood County.
• Miscellaneous.
  • New York State.
  • Virginia.
  • Indiana.
  • Pennsylvania.
  • Canada (Ontario).

Drawer E1:

Folder 1

Eastern States. Includes:

• Anatomy of a Lock (drop gate), Delaware & Hudson Canal, E.D. LeRoy, 1978.
• Canals and Navigable Rivers of The United States and Canada, Henry A. Van Alstyne, 1905.
• Erie Extension Canal, Beaver Division, Pennsylvania Main Line Canal, USGS Topographical Sectionals (excerpts), Sharpsville, Pennsylvania to Girard, Pennsylvania.
• Nautical Charts of The Great Lakes and Adjacent Waterways (Index), Canadian Hydrographical Service, 1974.
• New York State, Department of Public Works, Official Map Showing State Canals and Waterways, 1959.
• Rivianna Aqueduct (Plan), James River & Kanawha Canal, Charles Ellet, undated (copies).

Folder 2

Hocking Valley Canal. Includes:

• Bruce Daughton’s Survey, Canal Lands, Sheets 1 – 26, undated.
• Birdseye, Lancaster, Ohio, 1885 showing the Hocking Valley Canal along the Hocking River.
• USGS Topographical Sectionals:
  • Athens, Ohio, 1905.
  • Lancaster, Ohio, 1909.
  • Logan, Ohio, 1909.
  • Zaleski, Ohio, 1907.

Folder 3

Miami & Erie Canal. Includes:

• Auglaize County Map with canal line, undated.
• Canal Lands Survey, G.H. Nichols, Sheet 242, Station 11853 to Sheet 249, Station 12530.
• Cincinnati Plat Map, Dayton Directory, 1862.
• Dayton Plat Map, from Survey, Joseph Gest, 1838.
• City of Defiance, Mayor’s Proclamation, Canal Society of Ohio And Indiana Days, 3 October 1988.
• Hamilton Plat Map, Titus’ Atlas of Hamilton County, 1869.
• Massillon Plat Map, The Historical Atlas of Stark County, L.H. Evert & Co., Philadelphia, 1875.
• Miami & Erie Canal, Plan and Elevation Drawing, Progress and Costs, 1906-1909.
• Miami & Erie Canal/Sidney Feeder, excerpts from topographical maps:
• Shelby County Map, Ohio to The Ohio River, Includes Turtle Creek Culvert.
• St. Marys, Ohio to Piqua, Ohio.
• St. Marys, Ohio, Plat Map (partial), showing canal and mill race, Auglaize County Atlas, 1916.

Folder 4

Muskingum River Navigation (Improvement). Includes:

• USGS Topographical Sectionals:
  • Caldwell, Ohio, 1908-1909.
  • Macksburg, Ohio, 1905.
  • Marietta, Ohio, 1902.
  • McConnelsville, Ohio, 1907-1908.
  • Philo, Ohio, 1907-1908.
  • Zanesville, Ohio, 1907-1908.

Folder 5

Ohio State Canal Maps, Various Areas. Includes:

• Guilford Lake, Columbiana County, Ohio, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, 1974.
• Historical Map of The Ohio Canals, R. Ried, 1982.
• Lake Erie & Ohio River Waterway (PROPOSED), R. Reid, 1985.
• Map of Ohio Showing Principal Streams, Watersheds, Cities, State Reservoirs, The Ohio Water Problem, 1915 (3 copies).
• Map Plates, F. Trevorrow, 1832, 1841, 1844, 1848, 1853.
• Miami & Erie Canal, Plan and Profile Drawing.
• Ohio & Erie Canal, Plan and Profile Drawing.
• Waterways of Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, R. Ried, 1983.

Drawer E2:

Folder 6

Ohio & Erie Canal. Includes:

• Akron, Ohio, Aerial Photos, canal in downtown Akron, 1952, Prior to urban renewal re: "Cascade Plaza."
• Akron, Drainage of the Canal, State of Ohio, Department of Public Works, 1972.
• Brecksville, Ohio, State Route 82 Bridge, General Plan and Elevation, 1987.
• Canal Fulton, Ohio, Lock 4s drawings for repairs in 1980.
• Canal Fulton, Ohio, St. Helena II, general arrangement drawing.
• Cuyahoga Basin, Inventory and Treatment Data for Industries and Other Systems.
• Cuyahoga County, Topographic Maps, 1978.
• Ohio & Erie Canal, Plan and Elevation Drawings.
• Plat Maps:
  • Akron, Ohio (Partial), Atlas of Summit County, Tackaberry, 1874.
  • Canal Winchester, Ohio.
  • Franklin County, Ohio.
  • Groveport, Ohio.
  • Hamilton, Twp.
  • Lockbourne, Ohio.
  • Madison Twp.
  • Massillon, Ohio (partial), New Historical Atlas of Summit County, L.H. Evert Co., Philadelphia, 1875.
  • Massillon, Ohio, Beers Atlas of Stark County, 1875.
  • Navarre, Beers Atlas of Stark County, 1870.
  • Perry Twp., undated.
  • Perry Twp., Beers Atlas of Stark County, 1870.
  • Scioto Twp.
• Shadeville, Ohio.
• Portage Lakes, Summit County, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, 1973.
• Shogren, Kinley T., watercolor prints, 1989:
  • AKRON 1890 (Lock 1n area).
  • THE PORT OF CLEVELAND 1890.
  • THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL AT ALEXANDER’S MILL.
  • STEAMBOAT GOTHIC ca1890 (Cincinnati, Ohio).
• Summit County Map with canal line, 1955.

Folder 7

Ohio & Erie Canal. Includes:

• D.C. Kennon Survey of Nimishilling Feeder (Nimisilla), 1890.
• Fairfield County, resurvey, Station 936.92 to station 994.00, John Laylise, Engineer, January 1931.
• Silliman Survey, ca1916, Cleveland, Station 127.00 to Stark County, Station 768.00 to Station 834.00.
• Silliman Survey, ca1922, Fairfield and Pickaway Counties.
• Survey, Sale to C.F. Neeley, 1962, Deep Cut, Station 866.60 to Station 922.00, Baltimore State lands on east side of the canal.
• Akron, Ohio, Ownership of The Cascade Race defined, City Planning.