Indiana Canals

by Paul Fatout

Book Overview

Beginning with the first Indiana canal effort in 1804, this narrative deals with the half century of canal agitation in the valleys of the Wabash and Whitewater rivers. The rising tide of enthusiasm for internal improvements reached flood stage in the mammoth system legislation of 1836, which provided for a network of canals throughout the state, several turnpikes and even a few railroads. The Wabash and Earie Canal was eventually completed to Evansville,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0911198784
• ISBN13: 9780911198782
• Release Date: June 1985
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 8 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.8"