Miami and Erie Canal

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The Miami and Erie Canal was a 19th-century man-made waterway in Ohio that linked the Ohio River to Lake Erie, playing a key role in regional transportation and commerce before the rise of railroads.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Miami and Erie Canal canonical 8
Miami and Erie Canal system 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century infrastructure project ⓘ
canal ⓘ
man-made waterway ⓘ
builtFor improving trade routes between Cincinnati and Toledo ⓘ
connectsTo Lake Erie ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ
constructionBegan 1825 ⓘ
constructionCompleted 1845 ⓘ
constructionMethod manual excavation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
declineCause rise of railroads ⓘ
economicImpact aided industrial development in Ohio ⓘ
lowered transportation costs for agricultural products ⓘ
stimulated growth of towns along its route ⓘ
eraOfGreatestUse mid-19th century ⓘ
followsRouteThrough Cincinnati, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Cincinnati

Dayton, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Dayton

Toledo, Ohio ⓘ
governedBy State of Ohio (during operation) ⓘ
linked to: present-day Ohio
hasStructureType aqueducts ⓘ
locks ⓘ
towpaths ⓘ
historicalRole facilitated regional commerce in Ohio ⓘ
linked Ohio River system with Great Lakes system ⓘ
laborForce immigrant workers ⓘ
local laborers ⓘ
legacy remnants preserved as historic sites ⓘ
sections converted to recreational trails ⓘ
lengthInMiles 274 ⓘ
linkedCity Cincinnati, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Cincinnati

Dayton, Ohio ⓘ
Toledo, Ohio ⓘ
linkedWaterwaySystem Great Lakes basin ⓘ
linked to: Great Lakes Basin

Ohio River basin ⓘ
locatedIn Ohio ⓘ
partOf United States canal era ⓘ
passesThroughRegion Maumee Valley ⓘ
Miami Valley ⓘ
western Ohio ⓘ
primaryFunction transportation of goods ⓘ
transportation of passengers ⓘ
regionServed Midwestern United States ⓘ
status largely abandoned as a commercial waterway ⓘ
transportedCommodity grain ⓘ
lumber ⓘ
manufactured goods ⓘ
transportMode animal-towed boats ⓘ
usedBy canal boats ⓘ
waterSource Lake Erie ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maumee River → connectedTo → Miami and Erie Canal ⓘ
Great Miami River Canal → connectsWith → Miami and Erie Canal ⓘ
Great Miami River Canal → partOf → Miami and Erie Canal system ⓘ
linked to: Miami and Erie Canal
Lockington, Ohio → locatedOnWaterway → Miami and Erie Canal ⓘ
St. Marys → hasHistoricalTieTo → Miami and Erie Canal ⓘ
St. Marys → transportHistory → Miami and Erie Canal ⓘ
New Bremen → hasWaterway → Miami and Erie Canal ⓘ
New Bremen → transportHistory → Miami and Erie Canal ⓘ
Lockland, Ohio → historicallyLocatedAlong → Miami and Erie Canal ⓘ