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Satellite, Memorial Drive was built on the canal RoW.)
Karla Mendoza
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The Hocking Canal in Lancaster, Ohio. Now called Memorial Drive. 1870
Hocking Canal photograph Dated 1876 in Lancaster, Ohio.
A restored 1866 map of Lancaster shows how the canal wound it's way through the city and traces the modern day Memorial Drive route.
The Hocking Canal was abandoned in 1894. In the mid-1930s, the canal bed was filled in and paved over to create U.S. 33 also known as Memorial Drive within the city limits. Now it is just referred to as Memorial Drive or Old 33 as U.S. 33 has now bypassed the downtown corridor. The canal was built between 1829 and 1843. It was 56 miles long and connected to the
Ohio and Erie Canal at Carroll, Ohio. The canal was critical for trade, hauling goods like coal and lumber throughout the Hocking River valley. The last canal boat ran in 1889, carrying a load of coal from Logan to Nelsonville. Canals became obsolete with the emergence of railroads. The last canal boat passed through Carroll in 1897.
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The oldest topo map I could find still marks the RoW, but as an abandoned canal.
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