19TH CENTURY U.S. CANALS

Ohio

 

 

Toledo (Swan Creek) Sidecut Canal

 

MAPS

Index Map – Toledo – 1875


Toledo City 003 – 1875


Toledo City 007 – 1875


Toledo – 1888

Views of the canal are on Images 1, 3, 41, 42, 44 and 45.


GENERAL

A Story of Early Toledo - 1919
A history of the city, including reference to the canal is on page 46.
 

Acts of the State of Ohio, Volume 92 – 1896
An Act providing for the abandonment of the canal begins on page 219.

 

Annual Report of the Ohio Canal Commission to the Governor of the State of Ohio – 1898
A report regarding abandonment of the canal begins on page 14.

 

Annual Reports of the War Department, Volume 3 - 1881
A study proposing to expand the size of the Miami and Erie Canal, including reference to the Sidecut begins on page 2364.
 

Canal Terminus/Manhatten Historical Marker

Photo and text of a marker in Lucas County.


History of the Maumee River Basin from the Earliest Account to Its Organization Into Counties – 1905
A brief description of the canal is on page 612.

 

Memoirs of Lucas County and the City of Toledo, Volume 1 - 1910
A description of the canal is on page 105.
 

Message and Reports Made to the General Assembly and Governor of the State of Ohio, Part 1 – 1857
A description of the deficiency of the Toledo Sidecut vs. the Maumee Sidecut for transferring cargo to the Maumee River begins on page 474.

 

Toledo Magazine: Still Connected to Canal History

A brief history of the canal.   Map, historical and current photos.


Toledo’s Canals Historical Marker

Photo and text of a marker in Lucas County.


Rev. July, 2024