Canal Videos
Indiana’s Canal Heritage
Central Canal
Madison County
by County Historian Stephen Jackson
Wabash & Erie Canal
Indiana Counties
Ohio Counties
Greene County
Gibson County
Demonstrative Videos
Locking Through
Key Dates:
Wabash & Erie
Whitewater
Central
Indiana Historical
Mileage by Location:
Whitewater
Cincinnati & Whitewater
W&E Structures by County:
Misc. Data
1828 – 1836 Canal Commissioners
1836-1847 Canal Commissioners
1832- 1844 Fund Commissioners
1847- 1876 W&E Trust Commissioners
Canal Era Governors
Canal Building Attempts
Erie & Michigan Canal 1836-1839
(7 miles / 110 planned)
Authorized by the 1836 Internal Improvement Bill, only the Northport feed reservoir (Sylvan Lake) and a few miles nearby were constructed. Work stopped in 1839.
