Historic Markers - Wabash and Erie Canal IN425

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Wabash and Erie Canal IN425

Site of depot for canal which passed through town at foot of Main Street. Operations through Petersburg ceased 1860. Constructed 1832-1853, canal was nation's longest, connecting Lake Erie at Toledo with Ohio River at Evansville, through Fort Wayne, Lafayette, and Terre Haute.

Erected 1992 Indiana Historical Bureau.

108 W. Main St., Petersburg, Pike County Indiana


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