Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne:

Fort Wayne – East
East – St Line 18 Miles
West – FTW West 2 Miles
Prism – Enlarged 60 Ft Wide & 6 Ft Deep
Built 1837-38
Lock # 3 – Taylors Cut Stone / 6.5 Ft Lift
Terminus Summit Level
Comparet Basin
Stone Building John Brown (Not Abolitionist)
Toll Collection Point
Elevated RR tracks trace canal
Biography: Columbia, Dana
Comparet, David
Edsall, Samuel
Fairfield, Asa
Hoagland, Pliny
Kiser, Peter
Lotz, Henry

 

Fort Wayne West
East – State Line 20 Miles
West – Aboite Crk 11 Miles
Prism – Standard  40 Ft Wde & 4 Ft Deep
Summit Level 17 1/2 Miles
Orbison Basin
 Aqueduct # 1 – St Mary’s  2 Spans = 160 Ft
Ground Breaking 22 Feb 1832
Indiana Historical Marker 1992
Canal Dedication 4 July 1843
Thomas Swiney Property
Biography: Morgan, Oliver P.
Orff, John
Peters, John Claus
Ridgway, Jospeh Jr.
Rockhill, William
Rumsey, Philo
Tower, Benjamin
Williams, Jesse Lynch

 

Fort Wayne – Feeder
From St Joseph River
To Rumsey & Wheeler – FTW
Length 6 1/2 Miles – Standard 40 Ft prism
Feeder Dam 16 1/2 Ft High x 230 Ft Long
Aqueduct – Spy Run Creek 1 Span =  28 Ft
Feeder Construsted 1832 – 34
Biography: Armitage, Valerius