St. Marys, Ohio Miami and Erie Canal History

<body topmargin="4" leftmargin="25" rightmargin="18" bottommargin="20"> <h2 style="text-align: center"><b><font size="4">St. Marys Ohio Canal History  </font> <font face="Arial" size="4">  </font> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3">[<font color="#ffcc00"><a href="hydraulic.htm">Next</a></font>]</font></b><br> <img border="1" src="images/river-stmarys.jpg" width="100%"></h2> <blockquote> <p><font size="4">Saint Marys Ohio has three water ways that run within a city block of each other.  The St. Marys River is the lowest of the three water levels and provide the natural drainage.  The Miami and Erie Canal, which was constructed for transportation, and with the aid of two canal locks, lowered that waterway to an e medium middle elevation.  The Saint Marys Ohio hydraulic canal was a water way which split from the Miami and Erie Canal prior Lock 12 and 13 with the Hydraulic remaining at a high elevation.  Industry used to water from the Hydraulic to power water wheels for factories with belt driven equipment prior to the expanded use of steam boilers or the use of electric motors. </font></p> <p><font size="4">The rod iron fence on the north side of Spring St. in downtown St. Marys Ohio avails that the hydraulic still flows under the building foundations.</font></p> </blockquote> <div align="center"> <table border="0" width="100%" id="table2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td> <p align="center"> <img border="1" src="images/canal-springst.jpg" width="98%"></td> <td> <p align="center"> <img border="1" src="images/hydraulic-springst.jpg" width="98%"></td> </tr> </table> </div> <h4 align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font size="4" color="#E4D2FF"> <a href="../maps/viewablemap.htm">Viewable Map</a></font><font size="4">    Printable Maps: </font><font size="4" color="#E4D2FF"> <a target="_blank" href="../maps/printable-map.htm">Towpath Trail</a></font><font size="4"> - </font> <font size="4" color="#E4D2FF"> <a target="_blank" href="../delphos/canalmap.htm">Delphos</a><font size="4"> - </font> <a target="_blank" href="../st.marys/printablemapstmarys.htm">St. Marys</a></font></font></h4> <blockquote> <h3 align="left">Saint Marys Ohio Canal History Attractions:</h3> <blockquote> <p><a href="towpath.htm"><font size="2">St. Marys Ohio hiking trails - RR Trestle & Tunnel</font></a></p> <p><a href="hydraulic.htm"><font size="2">St. Marys Ohio History of the Hydraulic waterway</font></a></p> <p><a href="tumble.htm"><font size="2">Saint Marys Ohio Canal Tumble</font></a></p> <p><a href="gristmill.htm"><font size="2">St. Marys Ohio historical Grist Mill</font></a></p> <p><a href="lock13.htm"><font size="2">Miami and Erie Canal Lock 13 N</font></a></p> <p><a href="memorial-park.htm"><font size="2">St. Marys Ohio Memorial Park and Canal Boat</font></a></p> <p><a href="river-aqueduct.htm"><font size="2">Saint Marys River Aqueduct</font></a></p> <p><a href="grandlakelock.htm"><font size="2">Hiking Trails at the Grand Lake feeder canal junction</font></a></p> <p><a href="house.htm"><font size="2">1860's house - Reflection of Ohio Canal History</font></a></p> <p><a href="grand-lake.htm"><font size="2">Miami and Erie Canal feeder lake: Grand Lake St. Marys</font></a></p> <p><font size="2"><a target="_parent" href="upperlevelsouth.htm">St. Marys, Ohio Canal History at Bulkhead Lock</a></font></p> <p><a href="printablemapstmarys.htm"><font size="2">Saint Marys Canal Map</font></a></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <h4 align="center"><b><font face="Arial"><a target="_top" href="../index.htm">Home</a>    </font> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3">[<font color="#ffcc00"><a href="hydraulic.htm">Next</a></font>]</font></b></h4> </body>