Anthony Wayne Parkway
This marker is on the trunk line of both the Miami & Erie Canal and the Wabash & Erie Canal. The Miami & Erie Canal, built by Ohio, was begun on July 21, 1825 and completed in 1845. It connected the Ohio River at Cincinnati with Lake Erie at Toledo. By the time the canal reached the Maumee Valley, the Wabash & Erie had already been projected from Fort Wayne to Toledo. At Junction, some 15 miles southwest of here, the two canals joined and became one. Indiana built the Wabash & Erie Canal from Evansville on the Ohio River to Toledo on Lake Erie. It was begun on February 22, 1832, a date which honored George Washington who first had suggested the construction of canals in this region. When finished in 1856, it was 458 miles long and one of the longest canals built. By the time of the Civil War, the canals were being superseded by the swifter, more dependable railroads. Section by section, the canals were abandoned. In the early 1900's, the colorful period of the canals came to an end.| HM Number | HMCS8 |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Daughters of the American Revolution series, and the Wabash & Erie Canal series. |
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| Year Placed | 1954 |
| Placed By | Fort Defiance Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 at 9:58pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16T E 727424 N 4574834 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 41.29293333, -84.28390000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 41° 17.576', W 84° 17.034' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 41° 17' 34.56" N, 84° 17' 2.04" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 419, 567 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 28139 County Rd 424, Defiance OH 43512, US |
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