Wabash and Erie Canal
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N 38° 29.313 W 087° 17.054
16S E 475211 N 4260061
This Wabash and Erie Canal historical marker is located on West Main Street in Petersburg, Indiana.
Waymark Code: WM7XCF
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/17/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Muirwoody
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The marker text reads as follows:

"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."
County: Pike County

Year Placed: 1992

Name: Wabash and Erie Canal

ID#: 63.1992.1
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