"There have been a number of books written about Ohio's nineteenth-century canal system, especially about the Ohio & Erie Canal, but Ohio's Grand Canal is by far the most meticulously researched account I have ever read."--Jack Gieck, author of A Photo Album of Ohio's Canal Era, 1825-1913
By linking Ohio's two major bodies of water--the Ohio River and Lake Erie--Ohio's canals, built in the early nineteenth century, caused unprecedented growth and wealth for the fledgling state. The...
A one-volume history of the Ohio & Erie Canal
"There have been a number of books written about Ohio's nineteenth-century ca...
The people who lived and worked on and alongside the Ohio & Erie Canal had a vocabulary all their own. Originally published in 1995, this glossary was the first to list in one source the terms used to describe the boats, crews, locks, equipment, and canals. Terry K. Woods provides a dictionary of primary terms selected from official reports as well as terms taken from interviews with former boatmen. This new edition includes a detailed description of the canal's route-elevation, engineering, locks, feeders and the businesses and communities along the way. Serious students of Ohio's canal era...
The people who lived and worked on and alongside the Ohio & Erie Canal had a vocabulary all their own. Originally published in 1995, this glossary was...
