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Locating the Lock at Lewisberg
Started Nov 13
A Composite Lock Waiting to be Interpreted?
Started Apr 17
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Tom Castaldi at Canal Center in Delphi, Indiaina
November 19, 2009 from 1pm to 3pm
The Canal Center Archives Committee meets in Delphi at the Canal Center, Thursday, November 19, 2009, at 1:00 pm.. It has been a few months since we last met so we have several items to catch up on to get ourselves current. Below is the agenda for t…
Lewisburg Lock No. 22 was a 7 feet lift, built on the wooden frame plan. This style lock was made entirely of wood timbers, floor, walls, gates and all. Of course hinges and other supportive straps were made of iron. All the locks on the Wabash Erie…
Purdue Landscape Architecture Program to Discuss Wabash Erie Canal Towpath Trail Plan at Schimmerhorn Room Canal Interpretation Center
May 6, 2009 from 1pm to 2:30pm
A Concept Plan Unveiled
for the Wabash Erie Canal Towpath Trail
Presented by Purdue University
Landscape Architecture Program
Students from a Purdue University Landscape Architecture class took on the challenge of examining how to deal with the con…
Composite Lock No. 36 on Ohio's Sandy & Beaver Canal is similar to the Wabash & Erie Canal Lock No. 28 at Burnett's Creek in Carroll County. Standing alongside Towpath Road, one of the Indiana lock wall remains while both of the Ohio lock walls seem…
As for tribes that were transported by canal boat during the infamous Removal Period is an interesting question. In all I've read about the Wabash & Erie Canal, I am not aware of any other tribe (than the Miami) that took canal boats out of Indiana.…
When was the Wabash & Erie Canal constructed through Noble Township in Cass County? The canal reached Logansport in the fall of 1838 but did not pass thru Logansport until the summer of 1840 [Wabash Erie Canal Notebook II, p.14]. That delay was due…
Archives Committee at Canal Interpretative Center
February 27, 2009 from 1:30pm to 3pm
Meeting of the Archives Committee will discuss status of collection cataloging progress; opportunities for a new interactive internet site; challenges of photography record of objects; accession session; address considerations for the good of the or…
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- Tom Castaldi
- Location (City optional, State Required)
- Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Tell us how/why you first became a canal buff
- Dad pointed out the ole canal channel to me west of Logansport through Fitches Glen sometime during 1945. The scene has not changed much since that day.
- Tell us about some of your favorite canal sites you've visited
- Although they are disappearing as time goes on, there are several that can be seen today. Aboite River Aqueduct abutments and foundation timbers or the Eel River Aqueduct abutment and piers are still visible. Stone locks of Wabash County; stone culverts in Huntingtion, Miami, Cass and Carroll county are worth a look.
- Tell us about any research you've done or materials you've collected
- Several resources and pretty workable...for an amature.
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