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 |