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Wabash & Erie Canal |
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 "The
Wabash and Erie Canal was a shipping canal that linked the Great Lakes to
the Ohio River via an artificial waterway. The canal provided traders with
access from the Great Lakes all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. Over 460
miles long, it was the longest canal ever built in North America.
The canal was known as the Wabash & Erie in the 1850s and thereafter, was actually a combination of four canals: the Miami and Erie Canal from the Maumee River near Toledo, Ohio to Junction, Ohio, the original Wabash and Erie Canal from Junction, Ohio to Terre Haute, Indiana, the Cross Cut Canal from Terre Haute, Indiana to Worthington, Indiana (Point Commerce), and the Central Canal from Worthington to Evansville, Indiana." {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabash_and_Erie_Canal} |
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| Highlights of this area in Delphi include a historic 1850s village, an excellent interpretive museum, bike and paddleboat livery and concession booth, as well as access to the town of Delphi and an array of restaurants, an opera house in the midst of rejuvenation, art gallery and other attractions. A ¾ size replica canal boat moored at Canal Park offers canal rides on the weekends during the summer. | |
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| The Wabash & Erie Canal Interpretive Center is the only museum designed to tell the story of the Wabash & Erie Canal, and concentrates on the 44 year operational history of the Canal. The workers are all volunteers and very friendly and helpful. Admission is free. Donations welcome. | |
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The Playground boat is most
like the freight boat used on the Erie Canal and described above. |
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a model of "the Delphi"
in the Canal Interpretive Center. The volunteer said we could take photos. |
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Pioneer Village |
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| This site where Pioneer Village lays was owned by Reed Case, contractor for the Carroll County section of the Wabash & Erie Canal, and his business partner from Lafayette, James Spears. At one time, the site was home to two brick kilns, which were responsible for firing brick for many of the buildings in downtown Delphi. Reed Case's own Federal-style home anchors the village, complete with period furnishings, many of which came from the Case family | |
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A restored section of Wabash
& Erie Canal. At 468 miles, this was once the longest canal in the
northern hemisphere, and second longest in the world. |
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Karen Duquette by the Erie Canal |
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| part of one of the locks that goes under the railroad tracks | View of the Canal from beside the lock |
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| Looking down into what remains of the lock | View of the Canal from beside the lock |
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| The two RV Gypsies in a short tunnel that goes under the railroad bridge to some hiking trails | |
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Lee reading the map to
decide where to go next |
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Beautiful flowers in Canal
Park |
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Purple Coneflower and a
BEE |
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A Bee doing its thing |
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Blazing Star |
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| Don't stop now! There's lots more history and photos of the Wabash & Erie Canal | |
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