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The Ohio Canal System. Courtesy of Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Columbus, Ohio.
Ohio and Erie Canal completed. Operates between Cleveland, Ohio and Portsmouth, Ohio. It is 308 miles long with 146 lift locks and a rise of 1,206 feet.
1836
Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad chartered.
1840s
Ohio is the 3rd most prosperous state, in large part due to the Ohio and Erie Canal.
1847
James Garfield (who becomes the 20th president) works on the canal as a muleskinner.
1851
Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad completed.
