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The Wabash and Erie Canal - 2850 |
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Past this point flowed the Wabash and Erie Canal begun at Fort Wayne in 1832 and dedicated at Fort Wayne July 4, 1843. In its final phase the canal ran from Maumee Bay on Lake Erie through Fort Wayne and southwestward to Lafayette and thence to the Ohio River. It was abandoned in 1874, sold in 1877, and its path through Fort Wayne sold in 1881 to the Nickel Plate Railroad (NKP)
for its roadbed. The last boat was seen on the canal in 1882
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