Ohio and Erie Canal

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canal historic waterway

The Ohio and Erie Canal was a 19th-century waterway in Ohio that linked Lake Erie to the Ohio River, spurring economic growth and the development of cities such as Akron.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ohio and Erie Canal canonical 5
Ohio & Erie Canal 1
Ohio & Erie Canal corridor 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
historic waterway ⓘ
associatedWith Ohio and Erie Canalway National Heritage Area ⓘ
builtBy Ohio ⓘ
surface form: State of Ohio
causeOfDecline competition from railroads ⓘ
connectsWith Lake Erie ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ
constructionBegan 1825 ⓘ
constructionEra 19th century ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
declineBegan late 19th century ⓘ
endPoint Portsmouth, Ohio ⓘ
hasStructureType aqueducts ⓘ
locks ⓘ
towpaths ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Heritage Area corridor (through associated Canalway) ⓘ
historicalSignificance facilitated trade between the Great Lakes and the Ohio River Valley ⓘ
influencedDevelopmentOf Akron as an industrial center ⓘ
length about 308 miles ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Ohio ⓘ
opened 1832 ⓘ
passesThrough Akron ⓘ
surface form: Akron, Ohio

Canal Fulton, Ohio ⓘ
Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio

Cuyahoga County ⓘ
surface form: Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Fairfield County, Ohio ⓘ
Massillon, Ohio, United States ⓘ
surface form: Massillon, Ohio

Muskingum County, Ohio ⓘ
Newark, Ohio ⓘ
Pickaway County, Ohio ⓘ
Ross County, Ohio ⓘ
Scioto County, Ohio ⓘ
Stark County, Ohio ⓘ
Summit County ⓘ
surface form: Summit County, Ohio

Tuscarawas County, Ohio ⓘ
primaryPurpose transportation of goods and people ⓘ
spurredEconomicGrowthIn Akron ⓘ
surface form: Akron, Ohio

Canal Fulton, Ohio ⓘ
Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio

Massillon, Ohio, United States ⓘ
surface form: Massillon, Ohio

Newark, Ohio ⓘ
startPoint Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio
status partially abandoned ⓘ
partially preserved ⓘ
towpathUsedBy mule teams ⓘ
usedFor shipping agricultural products ⓘ
shipping manufactured goods ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akron → transportCanal → Ohio and Erie Canal ⓘ
Summit County → hasFeature → Ohio and Erie Canal ⓘ
Massillon, Ohio, United States → transportInfrastructure → Ohio and Erie Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Massillon, Ohio
this entity surface form: Ohio and Erie Canal (historic)
Dover, Ohio, United States of America → historicallyLinkedTo → Ohio and Erie Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Dover, Ohio
Canal Winchester, Ohio → namedAfter → Ohio and Erie Canal ⓘ
Cuyahoga Valley National Park → hasHistoricFeature → Ohio and Erie Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ohio & Erie Canal
Cuyahoga Valley region → contains → Ohio and Erie Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ohio & Erie Canal corridor
Lockbourne, Ohio → historicalAssociation → Ohio and Erie Canal ⓘ